Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 26/08/14

Tuesday’s puzzle...
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ACROSS

1 Pretend to be stoned on beer with right to warn of impending danger (3,2,4,5)

9 Shirt adornment is a sort of chocolate (7)

10 Digital image of some jeweller (7)

11 Expect phone order, leaving number (4)

12 Pours cold water on detective who’s full of energy (5)

13 Prepared to come up with game in roundabout way (4)

16 Father getting into famous writer’s block? (7)

17 Say what happened, to put into perspective (6)

19 Part of chicken that baster might go over (6)

22 Ace bled all over the place - what a mess! (7)

25 Advanced money shortly before Easter (4)

26 Flexible by final collection (5)

27 Eastern time is not applicable at volcanic site (4)

30 Access to underground in homeland that never stops being disturbed (7)

31 Oracle I trashed for being simply heat (7)

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32 Arrive with frog-like creature. numb inside, and be unable to go any further (4,2,1,4,3)

DOWN

1 Visible repair for torn nightcap? (8)

2 Loudly proclaim tyro’s original weird stroke (7)

3 Can afford to admit it’s stupid and useless (4)

4 Country where people are angry? No, just said to be fightin’ (7)

5 Sir Henry Percy, enmired in posh rut (7)

6 Last haul frequently found in attic (4)

7 A detour changed way to interpret print aloud (4,3)

8 Heard to conceal first two Romans in spa (5)

14 Sharp object’s poised above fruit (5)

15 A library I attended elsewhere (5)

18 Produce froth on surface to advance career (3,5)

20 Meet to arrest tax officer (3,4)

21 Security Council prohibition issued by animal expert with nothing to go on (3,4)

22 Demonstrated to have chewed the cud in action (7)

23 Group puts bed beside lake (7)

24 What frog-like creature may seem to be when thin and young (5)

28 Manage frantic opening reception (4)

29 Stab laird in the back in old Scotland (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Garnished, 6 Fable, 9 Alimony, 10 Endorse, 11 Theta, 12 Armistice, 13 Lathi, 14 Eyebright, 17 Organised, 19 Sepal, 21 Embroider, 24 Inros, 26 Needles, 27 Operation, 28 Susan, 29 Dangerous.

Down: 1 Grant, 2 Raiment, 3 Isolation, 4 Kaymakers, 5 Dream, 6 Fades, 7 Burning, 8 Elemental, 13 Loose ends, 15 Eiderdown, 16 Rusticate, 18 Goblets, 20 Portico, 22 Orlon, 23 Dosed, 25 Sings.