The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS GERARD

ACROSS 1 Security provided by strongbox that’s less than half empty ( 6) 4 Wild about having seen camp for astronauts ( 8) 9 Loud, dangerous and full of beans ( 6) 10 Wordlessly sing racy original tune that’s current ( 8) 12 Swamp no- good phoney ( 5) 13 Prime example of sly jaguar ( 9) 14 Alarms sounded when discipline’s relaxed among prisoners ( 7) 15 Work through carefully to see if stone’s making wall ( 4) 19 Take the top off Kim’s game ( 4) 21 Work of one person over time or human work ( 3- 4) 24 Domestic trousseau goes bust following something between faith and charity ( 4,5) 26 State oddly dull inside, unfortunat­ely ( 5) 27 Wild plant identified with daily key ( 8) 28 Cooking instructio­ns handed back by French grocer when I left ( 6) 29 Tale of two Cities? No, just one, recounted with wisdom ( 8) 30 Wheat, oats, barley – it’s just one thing after another, they say ( 6) DOWN 1 Cheaper novel, perhaps, has muted support ( 8) 2 Pate prepared as if gore ( 4,4) 3 Consider the overall position when planning to shoplift? ( 4,5) 5 Jumps made by quiet leopards ( 7) 6 Taxi the French summoned by telegram ( 5) 7 Mum bets they come from Indonesia ( 6) 8 Landgirl’s bottom ( 6) 11 Without medical facilities ( 4) 16 French cap set to free sit- in ( 9) 17 Find pole for stirring up frogs, nymphs etc ( 4,4) 18 Sea beast that’s sly, eager, clumsy ( 4,4) 20 Cute creature seen putting energy into making Scots cross ( 7) 21 Test you are heard to give to Melanesian people ( 4) 22 Stops payments in America ( 6) 23 Jumped when, in extremis, sweep phoned ( 6) 25 Carbon monoxide left ninety- nine with stomach ache ( 5)

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