SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Get rid of the slugs (6)

4 Gave to, when validated (8)

10 Give the impression, as you leave (4,3) 11 A reminder to me twice not to go out (7) 12 Knowing it would be advisable (4)

13 Did he see the suspect entering the premises? (3,7)

16 Think you can count on it (6)

17 Choose to change ‘Art’ into another name (7)

20 Maybe, for the record backing, harps could be arranged (7)

21 It’s obvious the one inside is longsuffering (6)

24 Checked to find the holiday had been wet (10)

25 Game to invert the first figure (4) 27 Where you have fun on leave (7) 29 From S. America, Joe went to a place in Italy (7)

30 Is the disputant, one maintains (8) 31 Supported for a year, instead, working (6)

DOWN

1 The donut, cut, is pulpily raw inside, which is awkward (8)

2 Where the duffer finally managed to catch fish? (4,7)

3 As a plant, a sloe doesn’t require sun (4) 5 A bit upset, we order Thomas out (8) 6 Discarnate, but that’s unimportant (10) 7 She does everything her mother tells her to (3)

8 The words blur and you start getting sleepy (6)

9 Bid less on? (5)

14 How very much one is overdoing things? (11)

15 Be the smoother for ironing through, though it is a nuisance (10)

18 Ran off or had the second run off (8) 19 And in darts-playing it’s a level of excellence (8)

22 Very sad at the time Havana had it’s rising (6)

23 Doesn’t go off, one observes (5)

26 Run. It would be wrong to stand (4) 28 One of the double letters in ‘transgress’ (3)