Weekend Crossword No. 2924 Saturday 7th May

What a pain, no grid online! Just clues... Solved this by devising my own pattern. Don't get the paper until mid-day up here.



ACROSS:

1. Boring clue needing UN and most of FULL!

7. Help a horse at the bookies...

9. Answer reads both ways

10. Veg plot knowledge needed

11. Volume

12. Anagram of A UNIT EXCITED

15. Pub dancer?

17. Anagram of RETIE OLD

18. Anagram of AN INSECT

20. Give up on this...

21. Might need to mop your brows

24....and bother

26. Anagram of LOUD MANTRA

27. Answer in clue wording

28. Rope needed?

29. No snow for this person...



DOWN:

2. Easy if you have some savvy

3. Anagram of TIE AVERTING

4....the screens!

5. "Plates of meat" slang and first-class pupil=AIL. Last clue solved by some way...

6. Anagram of THING in REEL

7. Easy

8. Anagram of CONNED ME

13. Anagram of TELL SIR for first word

14. Sofa wear...

16. Anagram of SNAILS NOW

19. Answer will have you fuming

22. Tree (not George W)

23. Versus=V

25. 007



Just to prove they forgot the grid:



http://news.scotsman.com/games/Weekend-crossword-07052011.6763855.jp