The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

ACROSS

1 Old divine guys model something for the jumble sale, perhaps (7) 5 Nick’s procedure to read card (5) 11 Remark put online from which one can see all points of view (11,4) 12 Fixes GPS with eastern orientatio­n (4) 13 Dog in science fiction setting has dandruff (5) 14 Is Leon a breech birth at Christmas? (4) 17 Rhythmical way to have encountere­d overdraft (6) 18 French girlfriend on street, finally at ease in laundry (7) 20 Almost ultimate vehicles for Asian sailors (7) 22 Cask made from tree related to pine (6) 24 Tense way to have been instructed, we hear (4) 25 Athenian statesman nearly finished saying goodbye (5) 26 Finished on top (4) 29 Bait-shaker mo ors collection of speciality fish (8,7) 30 Part of flower laid out on plate (5) 31 Odd diet put away in its proper place when spoilt (7)

DOWN

2 Mackintosh, for example, put over harvested field with a few days’ growth (8,7) 3 Simple pond (4) 4 Can nude possibly be subtle? (7) 6 Succeeds in getting identical pair executed (4) 7 Academic or chief speaker sets out billing template (3,5,7) 8 Thus highs are obtained from tomato and chicken, for example (5) 9 Permit residence to display timber joints (6) 10 Sinister follower found in castle (7) 15 Original prohibitio­n in the city (5) 16 Green sort of art style (5) 19 Instrument girl adopted to develop muscle (7) 21 Runs off with nothing belonging to people north of the Border (6) 22 Tart reformed if loose (7) 23 Forcibly pull out and strew about (5) 27 Bright star retired from toiletries business (4) 28 One turned mire into desert (4)

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