Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 06/01/15

Tuesday’s puzzle
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ACROSS

1 Previous EU handout one’s quoted in heat treatment of food (14)

9 Audio equipment set rose dramatically (7)

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10 Note taken after attempts to secure Italian city (7)

11 Tax is the right thing to do (4)

12 Greens rule to the ends of the earth (5)

13 ,16 Indulge in post-prandial ritual and fail to stop vessel at right place (4,3,4)

17 Hides first chronic pains (6)

19 Saga rich in stuffed mushrooms (6)

22 ,25 “Stonewall”: topical drama (4,3,4)

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26 Matchstick game against development with special pleading (5)

27 Team left out of playground activity (4)

30 Wrap or rub it down (7)

31 Left out totem I’d created (7)

32 Plunder of Communism, for example, is a wet blanket (6,3,5)

DOWN

1 Say online who you’re going out with and mark for later fulfilment (8)

2 Respect position of royal staff (7)

3 At no time can you lose the right to end up on equal terms (4)

4 Take a break from painting, perhaps, then begin again (7)

5 Freesat: a nice way to view something devilish (7)

6 Have a mishap on holiday (4)

7 Mrs Worthington might get a son, possibly, where her daughter’s proscribed (7)

8 Brute who may act like a saint (5)

14 Delivers liquid that’s horribly sour over original pudding (5)

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15 Clear out when third form’s involved in fraudulent venture (5)

18 Amiable association for mutual financial benefit (8)

20 Dug prom up to find sweet (7)

21 Prisoners strike in adoption of old-style clothes (7)

22 Traditional music coming from religious ancient building (7)

23 Waste pancake (7)

24 Snuffs out painter, we hear (5)

28 Essential little sounds coming from New Zealand (4)

29 Speech impediment is entered in record (4)