YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across: 4 Trickles, 10 Use force, 12 O’Connell, 15/20 Deep Blue, 16 Anas Sarwar, 19 Debit cards, 23 Uppers, 25 Ready wit, 27 Large gin, 28 Harvie, 29 Sayonara, 30 Rennie

Down: 1 Salmond, 2 At a low ebb, 3 Exeunt, 6 Café teas, 7/1A Lorna Slater, 8 Speaker, 11 Fling at, 14/13 A sudden attack, 17 Well-woven, 18 Sturgeon, 19/5 Douglas Ross, 21 Extreme, 22 Adware, 24/9 Party leader, 26 Liar