The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

ACROSS 1 Section is a new addition, fiercely loyal (8) 5 Contents of feed I blended to make it fit for eating (6) 9 Where Daniel’s in with a business proposal? (5,3) 10 Street dress shown in bright light (6) 12 Write poem, Norse or not, in Danish port (6) 13 Move edgeways when not working after initial sleep (5) 16 Pampered pet may drink and follow, but ... (6) 17 ... lab animal hit water with a splash (5,3) 20 Shell contents found when money’s stolen (8) 21 Old fogy tells of hot spring (6) 23 Manic production by tv audio set-up (5) 25 Phony’s masqueradi­ng as god of sleep (6) 28 Galleries, libraries, archives and museums one originally saw in Scottish castle (6) 29 Mousey dancer with a leaning to drama (8) 30 Rag-and-bone merchant to move unsteadily (6) 31 Everyone present is of sound mind (3,5) DOWN 1 Light fence (4) 2 Brought back for nothing that’s found in thatch, say (4) 3 Being behind bars, no end in sight, promises to be increasing­ly harmful (9) 4 Offered for your thoughts committed when in for it (1,5) 6 Unpleasant­ly sated with fruit (5) 7 Fleeting encounter on minor route is lacking in detail (5,5) 8 Nearly meet complicate­d with uncomplica­ted (10) 11 Indian city boasts fancy food shop (5) 14 Nocturnal insect is slippery (3-2-5) 15 The art of making small accommodat­ion appear larger in lunar module? (10) 18 Lot he sent off to English channel (3,6) 19 Youths in subculture seized high school (5) 22 Backspin a novice produces (6) 24 US state that holds article belonging to me (5) 26 and 27 Turbulent current resulted in no clear winner, we hear (4,4)

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