The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

ACROSS

1 Mark a bird but get nothing (5,1,4) 6 Make the necessary correction­s when the tide turns (4) 10 Cool star I upset giving laxative (6,3) 11 Support for artist to lighten start in life (5) 12 Have ambition to be a high-up in the church (6) 13 Be able to see how much money CD will make, you say (7) 15 Have bizarre dream when in spin about super-hero (6-3) 18 Play for time in animal home (5) 19 Arafat was subject of Islamic ruling (5) 21 Does Harry collapse as he pulls a heavy load? (4-5) 23 Clear number of people who come (4,3) 24 Engaged guy who was ditched in cafe (6) 27 Filthy lucre is running sore (5) 28 Finish with complicate­d matter in advance of last chance (9) 29 Dope-heads: him and someone high (4) 30 Paris pores over the way it ought to be (2,2,6)

DOWN

1 Fire in bed (4) 2 Kilns not open on shorelines (5) 3 It wears away, I have found, after raising painful spot (7) 4 Took car to Channel port where was second to last in queue (5) 5 Called without love on one with a title for Scotland (9) 7 Neglect shown by spider weaving on air (9) 8 Announce prohibitio­n is prone to be truthful (4,2,4) 9 Having put original effort into periods without eating, eats a lot (6) 14 Ready to lend money starting on race _ that hurts! (1,4,5) 16 Works together to bury book (9) 17 Contemplat­es using primary teacher who acts as go-between in the background (9) 20 Sailor takes ‘idden treasure on ship (6) 22 Become aware that to pass inside is more intoxicati­ng (7)

24 Charges that exist in financial services initially (5) 25 Fret to become world-beater (5) 26 In France I go to Casualty to mock (4)

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