The Scotsman

WEEKEND CROSSWORD

- By Derek Allen

ACROSS

1 He learnt to become vigilant (2,3,5) 9 Father not out of agony (4) 10 and 11 Still reportedly not skating at company supplying civil service (10,6) 12 Man taking the water in Central Scotland (5) 15 Controls wayward siren (5) 18 Olga’s spilt port (5) 19 Check one’s commander has pungent sauce (7) 20 Two halves of coke before a bedtime drink (5) 21 Chaos as fun develops (5) 22 Able to be seen by kitchen fireplace (2,5) 23 Six for each snake (5) 24 Irritable teetotalle­r Raymond outside (5) 26 Grace rapidly including fast car (5) 29 and 31 Winning directions for making food (6,3,7) 32 After deductions it isn’t gross (4) 33 To carry jet over flight path (10)

DOWN

2 Thin veiled flower (4) 3 Strike her male counterpar­ts, they are employed to attack others (6) 4 Scent of a wanderer, say (5) 5 Some mildew Ellen found in town in Surrey (5) 6 Audacious attempt to see if it fits (3-2) 7 Joining in but only seizing limited amount (6,4) 8 Stand-in found room below first (10) 13 Baler I repeatedly removed from the country (7) 14 Want Jack on new scene (7) 15 How one is making a successful comeback as an upholstere­r (10) 16 In volume there’s a lack of fitness (10) 17 One step in flight (5) 18 Failure of course? (5) 25 Wader transporte­d to cave (6) 26 Arbiter has item to repair (5) 27 About time (5) 28 Cosmetic making one blush? (5) 30 Tight sarong more than covered ruler (4)

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