The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- HUGH JOHNSON

1 Provisiona­l porters acting as janitors pro tem (10) 9 Seem to pick out widgeon, pintail, etc (4) 10 Run from point to point in hippodrome across the Channel (10) 11 Have a right to join in at the main course (6) 12 Penetrate into a church spire, without the French (5) 15 Establishe­d a first strike in plot (5) 18 I am here in Rome, a long time ago (5) 19 Study in good order at university (7) 20 Rare object might be strange, but not useless (5) 21 Manage, when working, to continue without stopping (3,2) 22 As a rule, etc, composed a dissertati­on (7) 23 Can sum up the whole amount, although unqualifie­d (5) 24 Finished up, as amended, but not in the morning (5) 26 A society garden may end up topsyturvy (5) 29 Fisherman can get into position, right at the end (6) 31 Finished up much improved when decorated (10) 32 Ready and willing to go into mourning (4) 33 One is sparing no effort, and is livening things up (10) 2 Return a service from some way off (4) 3 Begin to materialis­e on the surface (6) 4 Guarantees a pledge to son (5) 5 At the end, a great lake can be quite unnatural (5) 6 Odds on having little scope to clean up (5) 7 One man drops in, at the end, forced into confinemen­t (10) 8 Firm decided to be steadfast, as agreed (10) 13 Prints over new types of exalted states (7) 14 Record a remedy for a libertine (7) 15 Retraces one’s steps, going over return routes (10) 16 Great sites constructe­d from blueprints (10) 17 Bizarre doctor got round long line, in the end (5) 18 Correspond to a deadly sin, when cut short (5) 25 Damson cultivated by some itinerant tribes (6) 26 A ridge may be part of a square tent (5) 27 Jack can be a rascal or a card (5) 28 To take advantage of impropriet­y is quite inappropri­ate (5) 30 Intend to get into game, anyway (4)

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