CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1/19

Scottish visit for 9Dn? Take novel around loch with evenly plaided tartan, after a fashion (3-9,6)

9 Starts to become uneasy at sea in rural vessel for final journey (6,3)

10 Saudi neighbour coming back very soon? (5)

11 Del Boy’s missus run off - quarrel breaks out (6)

12/27 Goal of 9Dn in Scotland- keep away from the veg. “Unfortunately can’t, lass!” (5,3,7,5)

13 Jenny’s ashes scattered close to Stromness (3-3)

14 Once great 27Ac, Cinders invested in single (8)

17 Reaching high, top note

(2,6)

19 See 1

21 See 18 Down

23 Piano solo piece hard to follow for 18Dn 21Ac (6)

25/4 Dead set on education, with year away serving in the field (3,2,4)

26 Is Gove involved with Mr Johnson ultimately to run the country badly? (9)

27 See 12

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

I struggled to get

Across: 1 Pollok, 4 Psychs up, 9/26 Springburn, 10 Edit cuts, 12 Tibetans, 15/13 Mark McGhee, 16 Rutherglen, 19 Anniesland, 20 Ac-dc, 23 Provan, 25 Maryhill, 27 Intrigue, 28 Kelvin, 29 The stone, 30 Amoral

DOWN 2

Countries occasionally search when asked (2,7)

3 Opposite points, they can make characters disappear (7)

4 See 25 Across

5 Anticlimax in Brechin, one ventures (3-5)

6 Island nearly won with boxer Watt - a site where US Marines pushed up standard (3,4)

7 Labour leader finds direction - the smallest amount (5)

8 Rip devil horn violently from Amazonian creature (5,7)

9 No 10’s job hrs? Moving closer to London! (5,7)

15 Be inspired, extracting pet from adhesive tape cock-up (4,5)

16 Trump on a rampage in Shannon crossingpoint (8)

18/21 Unwelcome as one’s gran at a porn performance? (7,3,5)

20 Centres of Europe extremely annoyed over solidly regular highway protector (4,3)

22 Still in the sack, assumed the reverse (3,2)

24 Leading industries still nobbled - tariff is not reduced (4)

Down: 1 Positum, 2 Lord Byron, 3 Ornate, 6 Cathcart, 7/5 Southside, 8 Pastern, 11 Inbuilt, 14 Chin-wag, 17 Lochinver, 18 Get a lift, 19 Appoint, 21 Colonel, 22 Lyceum, 24 Outré