The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

ACROSS

1 Matrimony, for example, offered to second couple in California­n city (10)

6 River said to give off smell (4)

10 Put together first pair of luminous collection of flower (9)

11 Becoming weary, I leave Hertfordsh­ire town (5)

12 Small and well-rounded, but with deficiency disease (6)

13 Merciful to original loudmouth buried in constructi­on material (7)

15 Plans are tied up to deny charge (9)

18 Economy large coverage of plastic sheet (5) 19 Injures husband with weapons (5)

21 Former President sacks successor for Hazards in Australia (9)

23 Mastic that’s produced from animal and insect components (7)

24 One with voracious appetite introduced himself: “Hello, customer!” (6)

27 Woman comes back to roam at head of Lake District Water (5)

28 One leaves ice-sailing sport to make English version (9)

29 Eleven limbs?(4)

30 Former london leader’ s popular with good fashionist­as in London borough (10)

DOWN

1 We object to facing up to children like these (4)

2 Being put in charge of pass gives one pain in the gut (5)

3 Was a fan of a divine cover for bog (7)

4 Is this girl a mixed-up Limey? (5)

5 Plates for sappers (9)

7 One in charge of car takes measure of one talking nonsense (9)

8 Correct turnout of command to keep at arm’s length (5,5)

9 Flow master, flow (6)

14 Short, clear compositio­n for many groups of instrument­s (10)

16 Return of deity giving shock to a priest with outcast animal (6,3)

17 Judge first-class right to video file quality (9)

20 Cartoonist is lord in Home Counties (6)

22 Splinter group forms small part dismissing original rulebook (7)

24 South East Asian state adopted last king from Nigerian city (5)

25 Go through western invasion fast (5)

26 Stitched up news (4)

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