The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- DEREK ALLEN

Across

1 Friendly swimmer starting a fire (8)

5 Cleaner’s cloth (6)

9 Lake viewpoint their leader leaves given leeway (8)

10 Name is changed of French city (6)

11 Practicabl­e in Parisian style to begin with and desirable (8)

13 Weapon, mine found near shoulder (6)

14 Self found in Peugeot at intervals (3)

16 In Stranraer a temptation to make it effervesce­nt (6)

19 – and between, it means the same (7)

20 Turned up lexicograp­her’s part that is double (6)

21 One sergeant-major had distinctiv­e theory (3)

26 States main trouble first is hostility (6)

27 Short squat gun with zero reset (8)

28 Getting out of jail, he, ancient prophet (6)

29 Done intentiona­lly using tricks with no room inside (8)

30 Irritable and so on in your old surroundin­gs (6)

31 Printing surface’s kind aspect (8)

Down

1 Good condition of skirt about to come up (6)

2 Oyster belonging naturally (6)

3 All the ingredient­s for poison are? (6)

4 Swelling that’s abnormally loud in northeast (6)

6 At university outlet towards more expensive tastes (8)

7 One on stage removed panties without aspiration! (8)

8 Plant got up first as far as the gallows (4,4)

12 Encourage Shaw to remove glaze (7)

15 Trev expected part would annoy (3)

16 Cut nearly all of ice-skating movement (3)

17 Jade can’t move next-door (8)

18 One in rose-coloured glasses? (8)

19 Leave willingly (8)

22 Change my one day in Florence yearly initially (6)

23 Utter balderdash (6)

24 Plaza least likely environmen­t for bloomer (6)

25 Footballer­s in Plymouth from part of western Scotland mentioned (6)

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