Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 11/11/14

Tuesday’s puzzle
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11/11/14

ACROSS

1 None sing about luminous display (4,4)

5 Voiced agreement for climbing mountain (6)

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9 Scottish channel that gives those people short measure (3,5)

10 Religious vessel burning to expurgate undesirable material, we hear, with ... (6)

12 ... blinding light from saint’s garment (6)

13 Marie tired of staying in Italian province (5)

16 Dimitrov uses first game to fix up alternative (6)

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17 The number of strokes played on one area of golf course that’s dry? (8)

20 Exposes Katherine to perform better on ice (8)

21 Female meets lecturer at wartime aerodrome (6)

23 Done time, unabashed (5)

25 Foreign currency in a steep decline (6)

28 High grade apprentice reported to get shot about (6)

29 End up regretting loss of love _ will it happen as predicted? (4,4)

30 Special food their empty belly consumes (6)

31 Throw out of aircraft it’s possibly on (8)

DOWN

1 Excuse for absence, perhaps, to take back to school (4)

2, 15 I hear tenor tape variations at the Globe, for example (4,3,7)

3 Neglect obligation to include female pair in employment outside normal hours (9)

4 Lizards seen prancing about in e.g. sock (6)

6 Drive bullock (5)

7 Orient flow of water surrounding queen of spring festival (10)

8, 27 Ice dancers live in house on hill and den that’s been converted (7,3,4)

11 Threw envy up in being not so old (5)

14 Crop expert alleges violent behaviour when it’s not foggy (10)

15 See 2

18 Corrie’s financial centre in New York (3,6)

19 Bans from places where you could catch a bus (5)

22 Hoarse medley encountered on land (6)

24 Fortune card turns up turnover of informer (5)

26 Arguments in favour of straightforward writing stated (4)

27 See 8