Herald on Sunday

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1. Shaman sounds as if one’s offered choice of physician (5,6)

9. Make one untie it like this (5)

10. Organ replacemen­ts one can get at automotive store? (5,5)

11. There may be a levy, one hears, on such nails (5)

12. Temperatur­e scale is clue’s interpreta­tion of it (7)

14. Whatever or whoever has a city in America (3)

15. It will corrode the ridge on a fingerboar­d (4)

16. One may submit calmly and give up office (6)

17. Gull cries seeing a yard of stabling (4)

21. A stone one will polish with emery finally (4)

22. A dog that might sail around sovereign state (6)

23. Good wish for the future at the Cape (4)

26. It’s hock for the amateur broadcaste­r (3)

27. A precis of the whole lot on army manoeuvres (7)

29. Wine from Spain or maybe one a German will say yes to (5)

30. It could undo singer in a decisive way (10)

31. Smooths things out when no odds are offered (5)

32. Severely criticise the clergy for covering the coach-box (11)

DOWN 2.

Publish a sort of paper without a leader (5)

3. It will bring about a change in her as a forerunner (9)

4. Be against Pope, so it might appear (6)

5. Aren’t the changes likely to impend over one? (8)

6. Being out of practice, may be discoloure­d (5)

7. Pitman holding carbon and a piece of kitchen equipment (6)

8. Heightened awareness in visit’s yet to be sorted out (11)

12. It may be the deal he cheats one over (4,7)

13. Not tied, nothing missing – but it will be unsuccessf­ul (4)

18. Intermitte­nt appearance of MPs is a cod version of it (9)

19. Stomach of a ruminant could almost amuse a mob (8)

20. Passive stage in insect’s developmen­t as a whelp turns up (4)

24. Bird quietly taking an inamorato (6)

25. Shrewd use tat can be put to (6)

26. Grating has to be put right round hydrant (5)

28. Conservati­ve direction to set in order (5)

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