The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

ACROSS 1 Mature people confess to taking grains ( 5- 3) 5 Animal overcomes roughness at start to reach the top ( 6) 9 Net effect of digesting extra fat ( 5,3) 10 Noel Coward’s spirit is primarily beautiful and supple ( 6) 12 See whether Buddhist leader returns to Italian port ( 6) 13 Protection from sun was had in Home Counties ( 5) 16 Is dependent on fabricatio­ns ( 6) 17 Offered comfort when user interface went dead ( 8) 20 Doses of liquor for American checkers ( 8) 21 Rough water meadow with nothing in it ( 6) 23 Groups of performers turn original show into musical ( 5) 25 Scot is surprising­ly one of old school in philosophy ( 6) 28 Add another five to 24 and get half the latter ( 6) 29 Jazz instrument and mood include last tune of particular colour ( 4,4) 30 Eat in the end lying on one’s back ( 6) 31 Does he issue an insult that’s less robust? ( 8)

DOWN 1 Happy to be good boy ( 4) 2 Wised up about entering London town ( 4) 3 Make up number taking on work unit at war trials ( 9) 4 Gems of fruit oddly lost ( 6) 6 Car lists ( 5) 7 Rally great resources for exhibition centre ( 3,7) 8 A certain uncalled- for curtailmen­t at Isle of Wight scene ( 3,7) 11 Swing round to stake about four ( 5) 14 States create dips imaginativ­ely ( 10) 15 Can we sleep transforme­d, having made preparatio­ns to start afresh? ( 5,5) 18 Snack food put an end to urge ( 6,3) 19 Hide remains of fire on street ( 5) 22 Posh fellow stakes everything on umpire’s call ( 2,4) 24 Observed to add five to get two more ( 5) 26 and 27 Fat rebel makes a fuss about unacceptab­le offering from bar ( 4,4)

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