The Scotsman

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- ROS SHERARD

Across

1 In dream, trot out name of European port (9) 6 Vicar stops before end of odd-numbered

page (5)

9 Sum in wager with second-rate entry is

unlikely to be paid (3,4)

10 Drug causes firm mutiny (7)

11 Preference that's set at rubbish (5)

12 Pressing on resident when coming up again (9)

13 Turn up with members' dancing shoes (5) 14 Bargain bet we entered into was middling (2,7)

17 Put up with apprentice surveyor as sweetener (4,5)

19 Scoops out water not left in mill streams (5) 21 A gambit he deployed in African republic (3,6)

24 First person in sudden attack is very fast (5)

26 Two-way family is seen in beachwear (7) 27 Coach for improvemen­t on the way to London by rail (2,5)

28 Dine at inn or get a carryout? (3,2)

29 Look again at study of costume (9)

Down

1 Stand potato, for example, on its head and prove to be wrong (5)

2 Must diy, with reconstruc­tion, bring in plenty of money? (4,3)

3 Sees mist round loch in mid-morning (9)

4 Detective is in the wrong to be heading off (9)

5 Makes derisory remarks about exams (5)

6 On intermitte­nt order, dog makes it happen again (5)

7 South East Asians in feature by regular newsmen (7)

8 Undisguise­d units have a subtle meaning (9) 13 Find somewhere for friend to have a meal in restaurant that's accessible to 11 (9)

15 Copper father found on island in marine fish (9)

16 Rip led to tear being put up with (9)

18 One animal sounds like another, nothing more (7)

20 Corrupt section has wild party (7)

22 Grandmothe­r returns to Solway town (5) 23 Headquarte­rs' opening reaction is more despicable (5) 25 Detective puts one French female in custody in sandbanks (5)

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