DECEMBER 9, SOLUTION

Across: 13 Pipes Of Peace, 14 elope, 15 Ramsay, 16 Elliston, 17 Airdrie,

18 Run To You, 19 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, 21 Clive of India, 22 seashell, 23 Othello, 25 aerosols, 26 anglophiles, 28 obstetricians, 31 Cromwell, 33 Stevenson, 35 at ease, 36 grunge, 39 It Wasn’t Me, 40 Red Sonja, 43 entertainment, 45 transparent, 48 Claudius, 50 Thistle, 51 evacuate, 53 Green Goddess, 55 My Blue Heaven, 57 lassoing, 58 way to go, 59 beetroot, 60 paella, 61 Ralph, 62 Bishopbriggs.

Down: 1 Billy Bremner, 2 pelicans,

3 Don’t Give Up, 4 open, 5 Panama, 6 Wehrmacht, 7 Cedric, 8 Go Let It Out, 9 George Martin, 10 Franz Ferdinand, 11 impounds, 12 Faroe Islands, 20 Balliol, 23 oversaw, 24 libretto, 27 Lem, 29 Ike, 30 Helsinki, 32 electric guitar, 34 Sherrie, 37 Ronald Reagan, 38 Nye, 39 I Kissed A Girl, 40 rondeau, 41 oar, 42 Janette Tough, 44 Motherwell, 46 peach melba, 47 atom bombs, 49 utensils, 52 unafraid, 54 scythe, 56 blouse, 59 blog.