The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- DEREK ALLEN

ACROSS 1 How one might be facing punishment whilst bathing (2,3,5) 6 Said to have excluded the linesman (4) 10 Unexpected­ly germans with hesitation find the duck (9) 11, 12 Cheerful spirituali­st’s middle course (5,6) 13 Yearn to have a turn but not recently (4-3) 15 Teacher eager with university head in the

deep swirling (9) 18 Each quarter light (5) 19 In a panic he enters recess (5) 21 Judge Rosetta I’m confusing (9) 23 Apprentice regularly included tempter (7) 24, 27 Roman dictator’s cold dish? (6,5) 28 Leo lashed out at the property (9) 29 Grandmothe­r’ s bread, second half turned over (4) 30 Defensive player has a way in less fashionabl­e part of town (4,6) DOWN

1 One with a doctor on foot (4) 2, 3 Shrewd bargaining dealing with large animals (5-7) 4 Like Samuel to be in an Indian state (5) 5 Record intended, say, for registrati­on (9) 7 Alf reportedly engineered state of initial examinatio­n of computer software (5,4) 8 Revolution­ary periods belonging to second person, we hear, from times past (4,2,4) 9 Conversion of small amount of money (6) 14 Time of unrestrain­ed criticism during free hunting period (4,6) 16 Colt and he exercising in athletics event (9) 17 I left mutinous regular outside becoming undergroun­d fighter (9) 20 Less than half encourage lower classes to put something into cipher (6) 22 Actress’ inflatable life jacket (3,4) 24, 25 Make witty remark about said tubular package with card that has not been finished (5,1,4) 26 Censor some unexpurgat­ed items (4)

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