The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- HUGH JOHNSON

Across

1 Give one access to some disorder, when in distress (3,4,7)

9 A small number in another place were absent (3,4)

10 Pour back in good order to an assembly (7)

11 Regretted being discourteo­us to an audience (4)

12 Is able to get along a watercours­e (5)

13 Have to get through an isthmus, today (4)

16 When at college, begin to be a snob (7)

17 Would, we're told, have to be trim growing up (6)

19 Was a music system, in fact, austere, or more mellow? (6)

22 One runner raced round supported by teammates (7)

25 It's hard for old sailors to round the cape (4)

26 It's quite obvious when it's easy to understand (5)

27 When other people are in the majority (4)

30 Lessons cut short are used to get ready (7)

31 Did not set out with second felt hat (7)

32 Do they aspire to hunt with runners going over the fences? (14)

Down

1 Force one sure to turn up in a benevolent mood (8)

2 Restrains models who took an old anaestheti­c (7)

3 Must have small part of one edition (4)

4 It's wrong to perform, at some stage, by hamming it up (7)

5 A small part of old US group took on a new worker (6)

6 Employed one to get through the house door (4)

7 Rules one out, at the end, whenever you want to (7)

8 Find a semi-precious stone at a point of entry (5)

14 Broadcast in an empty cabin on a stone landmark (5)

15 It's quite clever to find to find a second palace to buy and sell (5)

18 Eccentric types, at times, collect parts of a broken set (8)

20 It's wrong to engage some workers in distress (7)

21 Instructio­n to car mechanics, say, on the source of some fuel (3,4)

22 Were the pupils in charge of choosing a standard work? (7)

23 One has net organised with some urgency (2,5)

24 A woman adopted a top player in good condition (5)

28 Stop losing energy, in the event (4)

29 Take a chance on a Greek character (4)

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