Weekend crossword - The Scotsman 03/12/2011
Across
1 Drink from it to counteract ill-feeling (8-6)
9 Most eager having the best sight (7)
10 Should reform thug too (5,2)
11 One tending to work late (5-5)
12 Mum’s getting in some beef (4)
14 Way to remove a beard? (6)
15 Man with non-regal makeup (8)
17 One member permitted what was inferred (8)
19 Chief equipment’s initially trash (6)
22 Los Angeles holy man ending a series (4)
23 Little help on the face of it (6-4)
25 Stormy rain belt in Kenya (7)
26 Light metal ignited by one with BO going round (7)
27 Not surprisingly they come after the age of consent (9,5)
Down
1 Murdering and getting a great deal of money out of it (6,1,7)
2 Medico takes tool to boat (7)
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Hide Ad3 Bird about to take it easy with new diet before end of August (7,3)
4 At home on the cricket field (3,3)
5 Too blasé about selling from one’s car in it (4,4)
6 In photo, gargoyle had old garment! (4)
7 Grasp idea that door is locked (5,2)
8 Blue fluffy stuff amongst piles of rubbish (4,2,3,5)
13 Title Penny discarded contritely (10)
16 Polite Scottish chap, he is not in uniform (8)
18 Not acting in a positive way despite free ticket I have (7)
20 Way a bird has power of endurance (7)
21 Greek characters left in soft cotton fabric (6)
24 Thin metal sword (4)