Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 28/08/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Attend team when feathers cause capsize (4,6,4)

9 Ask about printer’s measurement and quantity of paper (7)

10 Goodbye to revolutionary city in South America with final stage imprisonment (7)

11 Team ill; alternate to follow (4)

12 From start to finish boat teams cheat (5)

13 Queen of Carthage who achieved nothing (4)

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16 Give details of original city if river’s on the perimeter (7)

17 Finds fault when it’s chilly on board (6)

19 Spring flower that occurs irregularly (6)

22 Incorporate original trophy in monument by law (7)

25 Architect and builder of a water feature (4)

26 Cataclysmic outpouring in journal master collected (5)

27 Make haste to meet eastern magical character (4)

30 Minor test scoring six in the middle (7)

31 There is a name that may follow this politician (7)

32 Group of three on island, for example, take first exam for Irish academy (7,7)

DOWN

1 Iterates order for dissertation (8)

2 Satisfy concerning exactly that! (7)

3 Favour ice for preserving a sort of acid (4)

4 Outline in sky is not detailed (7)

5 Liberally stocked with labels (7)

6 Couple (not 8) owing terminal debt (4)

7 Rowdier elements make one concerned (7)

8 Individual performances may be carried out in reverse order (5)

14 Terrapin child ventured in to steal (5)

15 Turn pale at the sight of Scottish daisy (5)

18 Give birth to mercurial teenager (8)

20 More prepared to perish in back section of marching column (7)

21 Spotted bird that loses ‘no good’ epithet, over time becoming bright and sparkling by night (7)

22 Am stoic about affecting the body (7)

23 Instrument in Britain you reported to see the double in France (7)

24 Award graduate receives at the back (5)

28 Countenance one amidst the people (4)

29 Negotiate with Kentish Town (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 First night, 6 Card. 10 Laundress, 11 Calm, 12 Revolt, 13 Theatre, 15 Incessant, 18 Match, 19 Tense, 21 Andromeda, 23 Extract, 24 Batman, 27 Sabre, 28 Balladeer, 29 Drew, 30 Degenerate.

Down: 1 File, 2 Rouse, 3 Tedious, 4 Inept, 5 Hesitated, 7 Aristotle, 8 Dunderhead, 9 Scream, 14 Distressed, 16 Constable, 17 Adaptable, 20 Elated, 22 Outrage, 24 Bulge, 25 Arena, 26 True.

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