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Published Date: 10 May 2008
TODAY'S puzzle
Across

1 Mail worker referring to period after surgery (4-9)
10 At home erected and formed as part of main structure (7)
11
Another aboriginal gal leaving capital (7)
12 Gull or another bird (4)
13 In Coventry once making bold attempt (3-2)
14 Type starting, only partly, to be a nuisance (4)
17 Less than one dose of liquor sold from the cask (2,7)
19 Discover it was not paid outside (3,2)
20 Gather in a single anteroom (5)
22 Rush taking means of communicating information on keyboard instrument (4-5)
24 We in France display talent (4)
25 Second judge uncertain (5)
27 Gambol on promenade shortly perhaps (4)
30 Its host became stupefied with drink (7)
31 A pair work so badly by the way (7)
32 Alternative group had misplaced respect for regalia (3,3,7)

Down

2 Colour of neat oxygenating fluid (7)
3 To the Italian this is hard work (4)
4 Man to annoy persistently, no saint (5)
5 Said bird replaced unfashionable counter during chance meeting (9)
6 Beastly end (4)
7 Furous lady accepts point (7)
8 Morris coming round about a microscopic being (5-8)
9 Hearing tops exploding at monitoring station (9-4)
15 Behave boastfully when a worker goes round university after five (5)
16 Cheer bearing ring (5)
18 Dressed for dinner (9)
21 Hot middle belt almost of the same value to the right (7)
23 Person classifying fish? (7)
26 Old money man is leaving (5)
28 Diminutive name part Swahilli/Zairean (4)
29 Dance outing (4)

Friday's solution

Across:
1 Dolores, 5 Matched, 9 Swing-bridge, 10 Pip, 11 Anticlockwise, 14 Formic, 16 Greyness, 18 Ensigncy, 19 Unison, 21 By word of mouth, 24 Rut, 25 Single-track, 26 Hurdler, 27 Dry-eyed.
Down: 1 Dusk, 2 Laika, 3 Right-winger, 4 Strict, 5 Mediocre, 6 Toe, 7 Happiness, 8 Depressant, 12 Key Industry, 13 Afterbirth, 15 Rosewater, 17 Schooner, 20 Smiled, 22 Heavy, 23 Skid, 25 Sal.

Last week's solution

Across:
1 Slippages, 6 Crowd, 9 Cottage hospital, 10 Suede, 11 Third term, 12 Illness, 13 Sealant, 15 Crouton, 17 Cutlets, 18 Eye-opener, 20 Cower, 22 School of thought, 23 Stray, 24 Discerned.
Down: 1 Sacks, 2 In the altogether, 3 Placement, 4 Ghettos, 5 Stovies, 6 Cupid, 7 On the water-wagon, 8 Dolomites, 12 Increases, 14 Artichoke, 16 Non-food, 17 Curates, 19 Peony, 21 Rated.





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  • Last Updated: 09 May 2008 11:18 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Scotsman Crosswords
 
 
  

 
 


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