CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Vigorous effort in bowel movement, doctor agrees (5,6)
9 Cash in - return a good present? (5)
10 Stand in cellar? Thousands, for instance, continue to mature (3,8)
11 Untouchable city after 14Ac (4)
14 Mouth starts to itch, needing Vaseline emollient regularly (5)
16 Aquatic bird requiring hormone replacement (7)
17 I try a juggle after 14Ac in Angus (5)
18 Continue round route on the Cromarty Firth after 14Ac (6)
19 Some remember view in the Mearns after 14Ac (6)
22 United supporters up for omnishambles (5)
23 Poison scare in resort (7)
24 Happy ending following referendum in Wester Ross after 14Ac (5)
25 Extremely unfair fixed odds in Aberdeenshire after 14Ac (4)
26 Chose a couple that helped get you through (6,1,4)
29 Kasparov found in the Great Glen after 14Ac (5)
30 Down south, provosts get together to make you programs (6,5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:
Across: 1 Executive toy, 9 Carbon arc, 10 Nikon, 11 Bide by, 12 Corgarff, 13 Earner, 14 Virtuoso, 19 Mai tai, 21 Taganrog, 23/25 Walnut roast, 26/17 Catherine of Aragon, 27 Exert oneself
DOWN
1 Occasional netsuke found in East Lothian after 14Ac (3)
2 Ask after 14Ac on Loch Lomond (3)
3 Heat up wok or arrange connection to mains supply (5,4-2)
4 Slipping on type of stock (7)
5 Between a hammer and a stirrup in naval skirmish (2,5)
6 Female in fleece in Highland gardens after 14Ac (3)
7 At heart, Aunt Dotty, being evil, is incredulous (11)
8 Kenyan chess involved controversial psychologist (4,7)
12 Egg dim sum mixed with cored apple in photo effect (5,6)
13 Low quality oil borer cap explodes (4,7)
15 Talk wildly, scaring development in former industrial site (11)
20 Hotel out of ethyl alcohol mixture after 14Ac near Fraserburgh (7)
21 Non-clerical approach was placed close by (3,4)
26 Tory wet Francis MP, upset about factory closure (3)
27 Knots and crosses loses in The Cube (3)
28 Snooze after 14Ac north of Largs (3)
STAPLETON
Down: 2 Xeroderma, 4 Thaw, 5 Victoria, 6 Tonight, 7 Yoker, 8/22 One Foot in the Grave, 9 Cub reporters, 15 Octennial, 16 Robot cat, 18/3 Annette Crosbie, 20 Amadeus, 24 Stan