The Scotsman

Cryptic Crossword

- ROS SHERARD

Across

1 Fly pest I destroy, indulging in

my own woes (4-4)

5 Sub-standard housing provided for journalist in fascist corps (6)

10 Small number squarebash­ing, we hear, to create climbing shoot (7)

11 Exercise system shows

individual in glossy prints (7) 12 Preliminar­y look round

playing-field at church (5)

13 Certain an explosion is caused

by corporal (9)

14 Got out of jail using rug, hair

and bedding (6,8)

17 Large number given injection, being sick of one of Wooster's constituti­onal rights (5,9)

21 Film to tie up with recurring

theme (9)

23 Be sorry to have removed

head of bird (5)

24 More disgusting call for

tradesman (7)

25 Mortificat­ion at Charing

Cross (7)

26 Suck back oatmeal dish, initial

reluctance overturned (6)

27 French friends follow the rising sun to find freak waves (8)

Down

1 Put vessel on planet (6)

2 It protects optical piece – PS

clean vigorously! (4,3)

3 This motion lasts for every cat and dog, you said, having a love to follow (9)

4 Novice gets involved in

photograph­y and film (7,7)

6 Henry – King – is in better

health (5)

7 Small house used as prison admitted to be too extravagan­t (7)

8 Anticipati­on of stationery items being held in South American base (8)

9 They may enhance 4 with best beer, perhaps, to carry out on Sunday (7,7)

15 Old farm building recast as the

rat bin (5,4)

16 European music produced at school, accompanie­d by beer (8)

18 Full of mineral seams I've no use unfinished and broken up (7)

19 Heard rumble in deep using listening apparatus (7)

20 Manner on board ship rocks

(6)

22 Boss loses temper at first with

microwave amplifier (5)

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