Quick crossword - Scotland on Sunday 03/06/2012

ACROSS

3 Podcast with initial radio transmission might be purchased by holiday-maker (8)

8 Move slowly towards the island (4)

9 Reptiles need a breather, retreating to series of rocky peaks (10)

10 Talk to the bird (4)

11 More than satisfy and titillate European leaders (4)

13 Ancestral tree (5)

17 Another variation lacks article on seat of power (6)

18 See 2 Down

19 Some deliveries, thrown originally, are not concealed (5)

22 A not entirely shapeless sporting legend (4)

24 & 23 Down Connery mad about weatherman! (4,5)

25 See 1 Down

26 Defeats, decapitates and devours (4)

27 Goes in again to subject Ernest to treatment (2-6)

DOWN

1 & 25 Across Hoteliers start working around noon, if all else has failed (2,3,4,6)

2 & 18 Across Why pa’s notorious when drunk – here’s an invitation to tipple! (5,4,6)

4 & 12 Down It produces oil and violet crush with endless rush (5,4)

5 Find some extra census forms (5)

6 Poppy girls are permitted, or so we are told (5)

7 Longing to go outside with Wagner cycle (8)

12 See 4 Down

14 Piggott takes possession of diamonds in city (9)

15 One walking leisurely with Civil Service player (8)

16 Split peas found in church (4)

20 Follow on when Barker pursues a couple of points (5)

21 Streetwalker embraces nothing but these cards? (5)

22 One doing a sitting is a puzzle (5)

23 See 24 Across

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across 1, Hit Parade. 8, Camel. 9 & 22 Down, In other words. 11, Safari. 12, Crooner. 13, Iris. 14, Tip. 17, Yet. 18, Elan. 21, New Town. 23, Assail. 24, Colours. 25, Annie. 26, Thankless. Down 2, Inner. 3, Patrol. 4, Air. 5, Eclairs. 6, Embassy. 7, Ellington. 10, Ever. 12, Catamaran. 15, Peasant. 16, Cabinet. 19, Hero. 20, Stroll. 22, See 9 Across. 24, Cha.