Cryptic Crossword - The Scotsman 26/03/13

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Possibly amused a musical character (7)

5 Court in special dive (5)

11 Lead towards the nerves that drown one’s sorrows (4,2,3,6)

12 Stan raises spirits in Burma (4)

13 Poet loses right to keep watch (5)

14 Have her trousers been shortened? (4)

17 Protect those reported to be acoustically challenged to the finish (6)

18 If nothing to this on entry, can be easily cleared (7)

20 King George to admit to wrongdoing when mature (7)

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22 Dog found in South Africa, Luxembourg, Britain and India (6)

24 Has old type of yoga reduced (4)

25 Highland bridge to stretch across the east (5)

26 Young dog’s at formative stage (4)

29 The limits of my patience suggest a long walk off a short pier (2,3,2,3,3,2)

30 Take the trouble not to start something else (5)

31 Press chiefs scanned it or some part of it (7)

DOWN

2 Be highest earner of nothing suitable to use wisely (4,3,4,2,2)

3 State prosecutor takes on volunteers to collect information (4)

4 Roughly intrude on remand (7)

6 Not warp bark (4)

7 Where stew may be not needing immediate attention (2,3,4,6)

8 Drain smelled terrible! (5)

9 Dug out again, we hear, to jog one’s memory (6)

10 Renamed winding bend in river ... (7)

15 ... that’s said to be normal (5)

16 Theatre held a hundred, alas, when fell down (5)

19 Urge rector to take on brainbox (7)

21 In the olden days, to be very devout was to be Roman Catholic (6)

22 Mix up a dose of shellfish (7)

23 Shed light upon artificial silk (5)

27 Genuine regret seen after time (4)

28 Cuts off rabbit’s tail (4)