Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 26/11/14

Wednesday’s puzzle
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ACROSS

1 Pointer dictating inclusion of order forbidding (9)

9 Fail to double over (4,2)

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10 Purple rulers (8)

11 Student starting late is breadwinner (6)

12 Chancellor to mark time (6)

14 One making piggish noise but not to begin with (4)

15 Turn away and become unfashionable (2,3)

16 Empty tin in tank (6)

18 & 30 Book the whole side – substitutes (7,4)

21 Sack member with weapon (7)

24 Spy finds way to annoy (6)

26 Make amends at lunchtime (5)

30 See 18

31 & 32 With head cook the person in charge is also the dogsbody (6-6)

33 One struck a match perhaps and dismounted (8)

34 Violet can be capable of surviving (6)

35 Speed enveloping bachelor, famous person (9)

DOWN

2 That’s enough without the compiler’s letters (2,4)

3 Looking at lousy hygiene, it’s not hard (6)

4, 13 & 19 Commercial traveller looking for openings? (4-2-4,8)

5 Traces a different town in southern Italy (7)

6 Lad gives a word of thanks that is instrumental (6)

7 Goodbye to paradise for anteaters etc (8)

8 Not working during lean period (5,4)

11 Then voicing some of the last words (5)

13 See 4

17 Part of the tide of lawlessness? (5,4)

19 See 4

20 One electing to distribute trove (5)

22 Concerning number of divorces here (4)

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23 Right having a member taking very long time to run riot! (7)

25 Sleety storm that’s inflexibly severe (6)

27 Help to do a favour (6)

28 One who has designs on eating out? (6)

29 Customer left one American coin outside (6)