Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 18/09/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 One going to blazes (11)

9 Cockily converting the French unit of frequency (9)

10 Begin to decompose or explode (2,3)

11 Lady in pueblo isolated (4)

12 Just as likely to happen literally in centre of Dallas (5-5)

14 About time to put in prison (4)

15 Tool used on metal with mirth disastrously (4,6)

19 Go before others as road workmen do (4,3,3)

20 Man returning from Iceland (4)

21 Accent around wire (10)

23 Lure one into club (4)

25 Greek style of cord I replaced (5)

27 Aunt in Rio suffered breakdown (9)

28 Chivalrous being both kind and virile (11)

DOWN

1 Final grovel, drunk tumbling (7 ,4)

2 Wrinkle trucker has concealed (4)

3 Exact copy, accounts Iam putting in folder (9)

4 Paying customer might be entertained at home (5)

5 Battleship contest? (3-2-3)

6 Joey takes up most of the space (3)

7 Plan that on head first (8)

8 Provided on outskirts of Finchley it is risky! (4)

13 Acquaintance’s presumption (11)

16 Not square where tapir and emu rampaged round head zookeeper (9)

17 About to be quoting and repeating aloud (8)

18 Sure can’t move old Italian (8)

21 Set of rules of French firm taking the lead (4)

22 Savage hesitantly entered Cornish river (5)

24 Wagon from Western Australia available (4)

26 Scrap having no end of anger (3)

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