Scottish Daily Mail

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Group’s leader made strong criminal in area where they thrive? (11) 9 Academic figure leading

exploit of a lavish sort (7) 10 Cover with hard material enclosure getting sign of corrosion (7) 11 Energy shown by six before

start of marathon (3) 12 Impose two directions

with group of police (7) 13 Wayward flipping sailor defended by Ernie’s partner (7) 14 With no end of frustratio­n,

search for shack (3) 15 Delicate viewer’s

requiremen­t? (5) 17 Old woman in front of

sturdy principal pipe (5) 18 Empty chap’s complaints (5) 20 Rounded swelling in brass instrument after slight adjustment (5) 22 Offer in British papers (3) 24 Let down fellow in lead possibly with those being discontent­ed (7) 25 Beasts of burden unhappily carrying limited container (7) 26 Edge shown by major

route and river in turn (3) 27 Woollen rug accepted in apartment linked to institute (7) 28 Rescue service kept within measure of distance in extraordin­ary event (7) 29 A new thicker liquid

in pots, pans etc (11)

DOWN

1 Take ill-considered action and leave a drink set up around end of summit (2,3,2,4,4) 2 Pale grey person

not taking sides (7) 3 Strain is raised by

first woman (5) 4 Copper, maybe, with a line that’s rudimentar­y (9) 5 Propriety of French

firm with drink (7) 6 Uni MC noticeably designed something used in rugged terrain (8,7) 7 Delivery address (6) 8 Convention­al

small goods (6) 16 Turn up large book on redevelope­d shire? It’s nonsense (9) 18 Make minor changes to way of working if in extremes of difficulty (6) 19 Inclinatio­n to accept each builder’s material? (7) 21 Marie is disorienta­ted going round post office and large retail stores (7) 23 Remove inspector

over short period (6) 25 A chap hoarding money in Middle East capital (5)

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