Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 19/03/14
ACROSS
1 Not completely inflated during short gust of wind (4)
3 See 10
10 and 3 Without being prompted alone making the first move (2,4,3,10)
11 You in France take measure back for silk net (5)
12 Bar unorthodox poets (5)
13 Old coin insured, a problem (8)
15 Flatly it carries afternoon refreshments (3,4)
17 Jaundiced cowardly youth leader (7)
19 Late on payment (7)
21 Substitute stock (7)
22 Eccentrics playing with bad dolls (8)
24 Bird, bemoan not redhead (5)
27 Funny sound from this wild animal? (5)
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Hide Ad28 and 29 Working hard although rather old having employment (7,2,4,3,3)
30 Unison shortly of Seychelles and North Carolina (4)
DOWN
1 Guard against charge of immunity (10)
2 Quarrel without Alan and show contempt (5)
4 Twelve off for 24 hours (7)
5 Yen can’t be exchanged for accommodation (7)
6 Moving out of bed (5)
7 Irritability from sick jokes (3-6)
8 and 9 Calm, just having a certain specified disposition (4-8)
14 Overexcited, in charge accepting weight that’s under unusually high tension (10)
16 Ten men made almost wild improvement (9)
18 Antiseptic pioneer, one producing a bacterium (8)
20 Other colleagues Sal could have left the poem (7)
21 Father leaves French city with German fellow to get Italian dish (7)
23 Swear it was a gust of wind (5)
25 German entered Bury travelling to town farther south (5)
26 Display some of Paul’s howlers (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
~~E~O~T~O~B~I~C
CALDERA~TRAINER
A~L~S~S~T~N~G~E
TRIG~SHRED~PLEA
T~E~B~E~R~C~E~T
LESSONS~SPONDEE
E~~~N~~~~~M~~~A
DUCHESS~ASEPSIS
R~H~Y~P~P~S~O~C
OPEN~HEART~EPEE
V~V~M~C~I~H~R~N
EXIGENT~CREMATE
R~O~T~R~O~R~N~~
~~THEPARTHENON~