The Scotsman

Cryptic Crossword

Across

1 Temporary now (3,3,4,5)

9 Waste parts of Cornish river (5) 10 Padre does aggravate wild

ruffian (9)

11 Voter troubled with right

fellow (6)

12 A spy cuts loose diminutive

feline (5-3)

14 Ruth has mine before fourth

of July (4)

15 Informatio­n about aged beast’s false object of worship (6,4)

18 Not even seeing it is strange in

appearance (3-7)

19 Concuss with detailed feat (4) 21 How bounders are caught

unawares (2,3,3)

23 Strange Manx cat causing

disturbanc­e (6)

25 There is no happy ending to

this story (4,2,3) 26 Croesus hid contents of dish

(5)

27 In a dangerous place avoiding

extremes (6-2-3-4)

Down

1 Between spinner and weaver it

is all over (4,3,2,6)

2 Thought light had been thrown

back (9)

3 Empty space that is not real (6) 4 Quite large and orderly (4)

5 Muggins and I‘d, about one,

seen leading into error (10)

6 Prayer gets official approval (8) 7 Bill is a leading Old Testament

character (5)

8 Forget to become intensely

irritated (2,3,2,4,4)

13 Second person to be aware how possibly another person is unspecifie­d (3-4-3)

16 Father entered station

ordering appetiser (9)

17 Lady to take over and produce

ornamental vessel (8)

20 Lets us abandon fight (6)

22 Covered roof or bathroom (5) 24 Man inside oxygen tent (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS : 1 Adventures, 6 Sofa 10 Carouse, 11 Illness, 12 Rose-bush, 13 Swarm, 15 Rascal, 17 Ethereal, 19 Gossamer, 21 Assume, 24 Added, 28 Mariner, 21 Aligned, 29 Uptight, 30 Solo, 31 Spin doctor.

DOWN: 1 Arch, 2 Varous, 3 No use, 4 Useful, 5 Epithets, 7 Operate, 8 Assemblies, 9 Plasters, 14 Programmes,16 Abandons, 18 Heater up, 20 Sideral, 22 Upright, 23 Return, 26 Outdo, 27 Stir.