The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

Across

1 Sorts rank indicators (7)

5 How to keep your hair dry in 6 _ while eating this? (4,3)

9 Let on to have fed coin illegally (7)

10 Kind of boot to pin on top of stove (7)

11 Museum exhibits remains of animal with new label (9)

12 A girl’s not functionin­g properly (5)

13 Catwalker changes lead to sing in the mountains (5)

15 Place a featherwei­ght finish to raise excitement (3,6)

16 Work out whether to put off undergroun­d operation (9)

18 Ancestry turns to dust in Scotland (5)

21 Dance about when beaten (5)

22 Roman philosophe­r who showed that money and informatic­s come back to us (9)

24 She moves to live abroad ie merge to blend in (7)

26 Grandmothe­r is ruler of Chinese city (7)

27 Portion for being in the army (7)

28 Flags lefties originally missing point of spoofs (7)

Down

1 Personal assistant missing out on religious education becomes dissenter (7)

2 Had a stock farm without starting to have diversifie­d (7)

3 Reserved nothing at best (5)

4 Film-maker to bless revenge tip with abandon (6,9)

5 Privately stern over semi-theist views (6,3,6)

6 Vat objection overruled (3)

7 Laughing harshly, collect agreement on the way (7)

8 Tell NUS about empty class (4,3)

12 Home to van Gogh where English prince loses the kids (5)

14 Enticed by liberal union with socialist colouring (5)

16 Scottish weeds medic knows in Scotland (7)

17 Tearing up in Moroccan city (7)

19 Shakespear­ean actor _ one seen in musical (7)

20 Throws in the towel when singers go all out (7)

23 Pattern style allowed for Dadaist painter (5)

25 Earnings as a percentage of capital in India (1,1,1)

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