Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 06/04/13 - News - Scotsman.com 1 Largest inhabited area that is not a town (6,7) 10 New pastel colour laid on thickly (9) 11 Intuitive feeling about nomad chief (5) 12 Loving having a short time to excite endlessly (7) 13 Break off a number more than one or two (7) 14 Nosh cooked in unfinished hut on Japanese island (6) 16 Genuine sportsman unswervingly faithful (4,4) 18 Nothing to amuse said marine (8)... 20 ... said to be part of body of breakwater (6) 23 Doctor with a staff shortage that's severe (7) 24 Topical sort of illusion (7) 26 Joker on railway truck (5) 27 Safe in fog, uncomfortable slackening gradually (6,3) 28 Coming from a Spanish dance suffering these? 2 Plain denial everyone brought up beforehand (5) 3 Promise to marry Elizabeth about to go off (7) 4 Left with your first musician (6) 5 Business in sturdy development (8) 6 The French have king in port (2,5) 7 On the whole is like an officer (9) 8 Landing getting feathers wet (9,4) 9 Undercover existence (9,4) 15 Sort of pain Claire with gun could produce (9) 17 Italian lady spends over four weeks on rough sea (8) 19 In time it became strained (7) 21 Wrote under sound building (7) 22 I sat out suspended (6) 25 Class have joker (5) Friday's solution Across: 1 Prelims, 5 Godless, 9 Trident, 10 Tangier, 11 Blowtorch, 12 Stain, 13 Event, 15 Threshers, 16 Crackdown, 18 Ingot, 21 Moron, 22 Parabolic, 24 Didicoi, 26 Unalive, 27 Cheviot, 28 Detests. Down: 1 Potable, 2 Epitome, 3 Inept, 4 Saturation point, 5 Get the runaround, 6 Dun, 7 Emirate, 8 Strings, 12 Sushi, 14 Token, 16 Comedic, 17 Abridge, 19 Gollies, 20 Tickets, 23 Boast, 25 Chi. Last week's solution Across: 1 Methodical, 7 Back, 9 Yea, 10 Cardiogram, 11 Gate, 12 Out of the blue, 15 Banana, 17 Lethargy, 18 The beast, 20 Conman, 21 Glenmorangie, 24 Ivor, 26 Off one's nut, 27 You, 28 Brie, 29 Soldiering. Down: 2 Elan, 3 Hydrocarbon, 4 Droit, 5 Careful, 6 Lymphatic, 7 Bag, 8 Cat-burglar, 13 Brainteaser, 14 Bath Oliver, 16 Analogous, 19 Tearful, 22 Genii, 23 Ruin, 25 Rye.