The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- HUGH JOHNSON

Across

1 Vital cure could turn out to be profitable (9)

6 Went off at speed on a fixed course by day (5)

9 Break into pieces, at full speed, in 2 down (5,2)

10 First Daily Record, say, finishes up. But it's conditiona­l (7)

11 Follow a course set by a young ox (5)

12 Runs a way to see Saturn lit up (5,4)

13 A Greek character joined some volunteers (5)

14 One team's set up with some ball-park figures (9)

17 Have to find fault to get in along with a craftsman (9)

19 Heard that one had made a real effort (5)

21 Meaning to have some hesitation from cross-border trading (9)

24 Looked forward to a dance with a little Teddy (5)

26 Popular ways to make cross-border raids (7)

27 Run over, having too many on the circuit (7)

28 In North America, a pen can be rather filthy (5)

29 One enters a big church with some of the cabinet (9)

Down

1 A girl had little time, but she still survives (5)

2 Old king had one stage needed to get into university (7)

3 Change name, at the end, in order to be different (9)

4 One man can be long-suffering or intolerant (9)

5 Did a shipyard worker head off with a church officer (5)

6 Ties one up although he knows the right procedure (5)

7 Have to study with discretion, in order to meet up (7)

8 A girl's shut up shop, she revealed (9)

13 Can act it out with one skilled in strategy (9)

15 Veers away to change direction at a lower level (5,4)

16 Latches on to brief manuscript created without equal (9)

18 Is about to get left with small news items (7)

20 Created a first measured beat on instinct (7)

22 Is prepared to have some cash in hand (5)

23 A racing venue, in fact, will keep some traditions (5)

25 Deceives an Ulster party, in short, with two different directions (5)

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