The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Unorthodox UN assembly one left (14)
9 Written in census, historical dish of Japan (5)
10 Inaccurate recipes I’m amending (9)
11 Part removed with ease, we hear, it’s used by acrobats (7)
12 Arrived and delivered a sermon – not quietly! (7)
13 Depend on it – some are lying! (4)
14 Throw one inside overworked fossil (9)
18 Horrible stain on head causes spite (9)
20 Range of first-rate old records (4)
22 Agent allowed note, so satisfied (7)
25 Bring back remainder, basic mineral (7)
26 Great Dane destroyed refreshment area outdoors (3,6)
27 Former partner leaves model more than enough (5)
28 No end of furniture and smart clothes (5-5,4)
DOWN
1 Increase collections, causes distress (6)
2 Actors sent a dodgy instrument (9)
3 Innocently hold a live broadcast in New York (7)
4 Piece rent apart where shaking starts (9)
5 Caught a piranha devouring animal (5)
6 Herb, or, say, an onion, initially (7)
7 Sect famished, but not fed (5)
8 Tampers with the awards, it’s said (7)
15 Means of protection in case urn breaks (9)
16 Ad lib? I’m sharp with first of umpteen (9)
17 Thankless type breaking granite (7)
19 Repeat there’s a point in ragged attire (7)
20 Relieve pain of donkey with terrible ague (7)
21 Relax about Christian fast (6)
23 Fruit – penny per item (5)
24 Arrive with extremity in the air (3,2)
ACROSS
1 Large washing containers (8) for
5 Survey (4)
9 Medium-bright primary colour (5,4)
10 Runner for snow (3)
11 Huckleberry ___, Mark Twain character (4)
13 Scholarly (7)
16 Betting system (4)
18 Most weird (6)
19 Tribe of which Geronimo was a famous chief (6)
21 Cash register (4)
23 Action that produces a vacuum (7)
25 Yuri Gagarin’s nation (inits) (4)
27 Towards the rear of the ship (3)
28 Organisation responsible for setting academic tests (4,5)
30 Affectation of superiority (4)
31 Refreshment booth at a pop festival, eg (4,4)
DOWN
1 Brought into life (4)
2 Sample, put to the test (3)
3 Natural gifts or skills (7)
4 Lodging for troops (6)
6 Powerful bodily impulses (9)
7 Blanched (8)
8 List of available dishes (4)
12 Car’s turning light (9)
14 Authentic (4)
15 Greek dish of aubergines and lamb (8)
17 ___ Preminger, film director (4)
20 Fixer of pipes, drains, toilets etc (7)
22 Congenital (6)
24 Flat-pack retailer (4)
26 Correct or improve (text) (4)
29 Tree mammal (3)