Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 23/08/13

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

8 and 9 Move to start a new line at the end of Cinderella’s evening out, perhaps (8,6)

10 Do I hear they prohibited the one-armed sort? (6)

11 Girl getting married in quiet Hebridean hideaway (3,5)

12 Hugged broad (American woman) (4)

13 It’s sick to repeat — uneducated (10)

15 Specially adapted race for tree-hugger? (7)

17 Indispensable vehicle with original door operated with electronic open sesame (7)

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20 Fruit of how you were heard to interpret movement of water (10)

22 Is it possible to hear something so tiny? (4)

24 For a clay pit to crumble is exceptional (8)

26 Common people got first proper parts to play (6)

27 Get one’s bearings in the east (6)

28 Summer visitor needs warmth in clothes (8)

DOWN

1 A fruitful republic? (6)

2 Treading uncertainly on slope (8)

3 Casual visitor throws off party pride (3,7)

4 I’m embraced by moderate goy (7)

5 Move suddenly to take top off egg (4)

6 Squirrel maybe is right onto something dug up on the street (6)

7 Hunter sheds teardrop (8)

14 Pets sheep milling round last post in Outer Mongolia, perhaps (3,7)

16 and 18 A dog knows when you feel down about things you miss when camping (8,8)

19 Cuts grass round the whole group of flowers (7)

21 Associated mole with office equipment (6)

23 Label wrapped over swine (6)

25 Musical about empty tokens (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Mind, 3 Appearance, 10 Spreading, 11 Magic, 12 Elegy, 13 Unawares, 15 Malaria, 17 Elastic, 19 Nemesis, 21 Residue, 22 Black ice, 24 Ripen, 27 Angle, 28 Universal, 29 Gatherings, 30 Deny.

Down: 1 Mastermind, 2 Nerve, 4 Primula, 5 Engrave, 6 Rumba, 7 Neglected, 8 Etch, 9 Lanyards, 14 Screenplay, 16 Limelight, 18 Assorted, 20 Stimuli, 21 Reeling, 23 Crepe, 25 Paste, 26 Tang.

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