The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

ACROSS

1 and 6 Walked Earth too waywardly in bid to get to Scotland first (4,3,3,4) 10 Diametric opposition to killing mother (9) 11 It’s a good bet on things happening without initial trailer (5) 12 Pursued, they say, but remaining pure (6) 13 Bit of after-dinner drink no-one turned away (7) 15 Where Beth got confused about the language of Jewish scripture (3,6) 18 Was conscious of odour from fish (5) 19 Doesn’t have serious mistakes when losing leader (5) 21 One buying a whisky, perhaps, after making short contented noise (9) 23 Mouth, say, is equal to duck, if done in rice (7) 24 A kind of debit that’s a flexible credit (6) 27 Depicted as looking haggard (5) 28 Instrument immersed in note that’s not to be changed in any way (9) 29 and 30 Hear of an A to Z of Italian city, perhaps, so you can wander out of doors (4,3,7)

DOWN

1 Subsequent doctor to turn over in grave (4) 2 Can’t keep up with sauce boat? ... (5) 3 ... steer it unsteadily to Italian port (7) 4 Top people take vehicle and (at first) money from religious order (5) 5 Vanquished when finished with authority (9) 7 A person going on ships produces quick-fire jokes (3-6) 8 Scottish Nationalis­ts, perhaps, who, reform industries (10) 9 Left-over rubbish sorted out by brides (6) 14 It’s a lot to ask for whatsoever the arrangemen­t (1,4,5) 16 Lifting lid, I put on bench of Russian car some Mexican food (9) 17 Fill up pickled condiment, using pen to get into crevices (9) 20 Elegant song, ie compositio­n (6) 22 A rhythm ‘n’ blues section seen in some time at The Sanctuary (7) 24 Indian gods saved by resurrecti­on (5) 25 Bird hurried into church (5) 26 Have tsetses been introduced by former US soldiers? (4)

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