The Herald Sunday crosswords
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ACROSS 1 Hasty son of Trump, he met criminal (4-2-3-6)
9 Most serious parties in heartless government (7)
10 Monster seen in ring road, oddly (7) 11 Introduction missing from ethical exam (4)
12 Information about class (5)
13 Box provided with vertical displacement, ultimately (4) 16 Despicable folk are back in clothes (7) 17 Soldiers entering depot shot weapon (7)
18 European navy recruits officers (7) 21 President finally ready for Russian problem... (7)
23 ...warning submariner to head west (4) 24 Ordinary man at last accepted by god (5)
25 Odd characters seen in burning vessel (4)
28 Picture wise men packing in east (7)
29 Emotion shown by relative losing head (7)
30 Garda chief fears unorthodox diplomat (6,9) DOWN 1 Citizen has dog of working twins, perhaps (4,2,3,6) 2 Peacekeepers, after a week, are in the dark (7)
3 Article originally published in dictionary (2-2)
4 Number wearing extremely tasteless ties (7) 5 Selection of beer ultimately found in bar (7) 6 Leave old US university (4)
7 Free time regularly holds back recluse (7) 8 Locomotives contain steering fluid (8,7) 14 Dance beat with energy (5)
15 Minister originally ignored crime in England (5)
19 Some of us met an American composer (7) 20 Children eating wonder food popular in China (7)
21 Taste ale after capturing poacher, say (3,4)
22 Skinflint leaving son behind pub to get more nuts (7)
26 Royal family heading for Glasgow (4) 27 A convict turning up for party (4)
ACROSS
1 Iconic footwear once worn by Billy Connolly (6,5)
7 To arrange in time order (12) 13 Rights or privileges (9)
14 Any of the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine or astatine, which react with metals to form salts (7)
15 The bride of Figaro in ‘ The Marriage of Figaro’ (7)
17 A form of depreciation which occurs through normal usage and aging (4,3,4)
18 The opponents of Scotland in the Battle of Largs (6)
19 One of Santa’s reindeer which sounds like it’s in a hurry (6) 20 Mexican tortilla dish (7) 22 Portuguese forward for Juventus, Cristiano — (7)
23 The home ground of Aberdeen FC (9)
25 Having equal measurements (9) 27 Person who works a small farm, especially in the Highlands (7)
28 Haunting name of a luxury Rolls-Royce car (7)
30 Another term for a crossword compiler (6)
31 Describing a clear night sky (8) 33 2018 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis with the same name as the 1978 original (9)
36 KT Tunstall’s highest charting single (8,1,3)
37 Manhattan concert venue named after a Scottish philanthropist (8,4)
40 Less common spelling of a word meaning withstanding adverse conditions (9)
41 The most populous borough of New York (8)
42 Type of mat used in Japanese homes (6)
45 Italian city lying between the Adriatic and Slovenia (7)
47 Strong cider, especially brewed in the West Country (7)
48 Home to the oldest university in Scotland (2,7)
49 City in which the Gunfight at the O.K Corral took place (9)
51 Castrated males historically usually used for servile functions (7)
53 Fully grown (especially of fruit) (7) 55 A fortified structure to which troops retreat if outer defences are breached (6)
56 Scottish band named after creatures from the film Gremlins (6)
58 Device to propel a pilot from an aircraft in case of emergency (7,4)
61 Another name for a bartender’s jigger (7)
62 Herbaceous plant which is a feline favourite (7)
63 Great interest in prehistoric creatures (9)
64 Synthetic version of a restricted substance which circumvents those restrictions (8,4)
65 The second of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus novels (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Belonging to the servants’ quarters (11)
2 An ancient region along the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum (5)
3 Blissful state, the culmination of a Buddhist’s meditation (7)
4 The author of the poem ‘ The Wallace’, which recounts the life of William Wallace (5,5)
5 Relating to the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth (9) 6 Of the largest desert in Africa (7) 7 The march tune used in the song ‘Hitler Has Only Got One Ball’ (7,5)
8 The stage of death in which the limbs stiffen (5,6)
9 Stealth warrior of feudal Japan, typically depicted wearing black (5)
10 Intense longing, one of the Seven Deadly Sins (4)
11 The secret police of Nazi Germany (7)
12 Military academy in Berkshire, linked with training of royalty (9)
16 Building which air passengers pass through for boarding and disembarking (3,8)
21 In betting, an almost even chance (5,4)
23 The literary character who is captain of ‘ The Vital Spark’, a fictional Clyde puffer (4,5)
24 The organisation of computers within a network (8)
26 A short snack break before noon (9)
27 Goddess of magic who turned some of Odysseus’s crew into swine (5)
29 Spoken of earlier (9)
32 French word for sadness (9) 34 Coastal town in north-western Egypt, the scene of two Second World War battles (2,7)
35 Latin for ‘other self’, used to describe an intimate friend (5,3)
36 Opened in 1993, golf course at 48 across (11)
38 Music-hall comedian whose catchphrase was ‘ Hello Playmates’, Arthur — (5)
39 Annual equestrian festival celebrated in Border towns (6,6)
41 Drink of infused grain, usually flavoured with lemon or orange (6,5) 43 An advantageous position (6,5) 44 Country west of Mali and east of Western Sahara (10)
46 Word when combined with family means close relatives (9)
48 Imprisonment not served unless the offender commits another crime, — sentence (9)
50 External factors which influence an activity (7)
52 Big cat, the fastest land animal (7) 54 Form which serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum (7) 57 Codeword for the letter O (5) 59 Muppet character who formed a comic duo with Bert (5)
60 Noble gas often used in signs (4)