Weekend crossword - The Scotsman 04/02/2012

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 In high spirits having climbed Everest (2,3,2,3,5)

9 Ship a cutter? (7)

10 Baffle no more (7)

11 Old city ceremony that is in turmoil, I concluded (7)

12 Ready with a tree outside as it is expected to remain fine (3,4)

13 Advance order? (14)

15 After a round of course this is the place to drink (10,4)

21 Braided back that is sweet (7)

22 Papa let Terence enter board for painters (7)

23 Stop being active having run off during fight (4,3)

24 A believer - or just the opposite (7)

25 Resting-place reached after one’s last drive? (10,5)

DOWN

1 Live in hold (6)

2 Neater hedge-cutter? (7)

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3 Signalled that misdirected e-mail was lost at the very end (6,2,3,4)

4 Fairer sort includes right person in charge (7)

5 Worker with lad personally involved (5-2)

6 Unreservedly committed oneself and made a complete pig of oneself (4,3,5,3)

7 Free to let the property again (7)

8 Separate underworld island (8)

14 Although it cannot be eaten, I end bile trouble (8)

16 One’s crumpled paper hanky (4-3)

17 Allow to claim tie lent out (7)

18 Stop mat moving on board (7)

19 Room in the Parisian network (7)

20 Some suspect inclusion of setting agent (6)

Friday’s solution:

Across: 1 Butties, 5 Putting, 9 Rapture, 10 Thunder, 11 Accretion, 12 Plaza, 13 Solar, 15 Lower case, 16 His career, 18 Locus, 21 Moody, 22 Ironstone, 24 Outrage, 26 Treetop, 27 Elderly, 28 Obscene.

Down: 1 Byroads, 2 Topical, 3 Inure, 4 Special delivery, 5 Put in a word or two, 6 Tau, 7 Indiana, 8 Germane, 12 Peril, 14 Ready, 16 Hambone, 17 Shouted, 19 Chortle, 20 Steeple, 23 Stews, 25 Aer.

Last week’s solution:

Across: 1 At close quarters, 9 Tipsy, 10 Indochina, 11 Nulled, 12 Arms race, 14 Toad, 15 Restharrow, 18 Lay hands on, 19 Scot, 21 Locality, 23 Peseta, 25 Nerviness, 26 Cacti, 27 Couldn’t care less.

Down: 1 Antenatal clinic, 2 Capillary, 3 Oxygen, 4 Emit, 5 Understood, 6 Rickshaw, 7 Erica, 8 Sealed with a kiss, 13 Ready to eat, 16 Recherche, 17 Tailwind, 20 Rescue, 22 Corfu, 24 Asia.