Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 31/05/2012

ACROSS

3 See 34 across

8 Can’t, we hear, walk lightly when rambling (6)

9 Have excellent control with top-grade weapon (3-3)

10 Abandon hand-out at university or college (4,2)

11 Inside small firm, managed to get the 4 down (8)

12 and 29 Priest had an issue with a secure unit (6)

13 Left old dictator turning up after a savage beast (6)

14 Rings up half the workplace, so backs out (5,3)

17 Would tide run out of trench? (7)

19 Get credit for small bed, at the end (7)

23 Northern island can be on the brink (8)

27 Introduce leading surgeon to comatose characters (6)

29 See 12 across

30 Manage to ordain priest with tiny amount of water (8)

31 Awe-inspiring individual had many notes, at first (6)

32 Some classes, in the main, fail to finish (6)

33 Go right into the stream in order to make certain (6)

34 and 3 In secret, is backed by insurance (5,5)

DOWN

1 Run down fellow having to lie about idly (6)

2 Did steer and ram get tangled up in some bunting? (8)

3 Record over a small wave, if disabled (8)

4 Composer went in front of court to hear the final judgment (7)

5 African prince taking over 15 down was a bit of a rogue (6)

6 Heartless Charles, taking on others, reaches the top (6)

7 Have to move into strike, to intercept others (3,3)

13 Leave a stamp unmarked, initially (5)

15 and 18 Turn into a canal to create a gap (6)

16 Is quick to make a getaway, at last (5)

18 See 15 down

20 At one time an expert twister was unmatched (8)

21 One’s ill at ease when having fewer breaks (8)

22 Let someone know about small reserve pool (7)

24 Tidy up after cattle, in the middle of Vienna (6)

25 Launch offer made in advance (6)

26 Room for stream without new water in Paris (6)

28 Give one’s opinion about the gospel (6)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Immersion heater, 9 Escaped, 10 Voltaic, 11 Ruddy, 12 Cartridge, 13 Armband, 14 Empress, 16 Paraded, 19 Rhonchi, 21 Revisited, 23 Cut in, 24 Orleans, 25 Origami, 26 Return to the past.

Down: 1 Ice-cream parlour, 2 Macadam, 3 Reply-paid, 4 Induced, 5 Navarre, 6 Euler, 7 Twaddle, 8 Rocket scientist, 15 Proscribe, 17 Rivulet, 18 Data set, 19 Redcoat, 20 Cithara, 22 Stair.