SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Opposed sister’s involvement with a man (8)

5 Did without extravagant drapes (6)

9 Type of poem that in days gone by got spoken (8)

10 Presses into the military (6)

12 Give credit to the little rascals in curls (6) 13 Letting students in around part of the stately home (8)

15 Now it’s time for grammar (7,5)

18 One does away with lots – it’s criminal! (4,8)

23 The verge of a leaderless attack (8) 24 Scrape off a bread roll (6)

26 The bells of Shoreditch I’m especially interested in (6)

27 Throw out Jack, the winger (8)

28 Not a railway official (6)

29 I’m having a drink with a businessman (8)

DOWN

1 Get stuffed again (6)

2 Bird having small relation to the family (6) 3 Plug a person making an arrest (7) 4 Painted in Holland (4)

6 Gunman on the way to see the Scottish mayor (7)

7 The police force is not to get involved in disturbances (8)

8 Planned to catch Leo, for one, in the act (8)

11 Mistake in construction beneath the car roof (7)

14 Crossing to the right back in a team (7) 16 Like Clinton, a man who’s a boy at heart (8)

17 The fantastic Houdini (8)

19 Regret climbing under a load of rubber (7)

20 After turning amber, drive on and get a ban (7)

21 One enjoys hurting one in the heavyweight division (6)

22 Person about to become a church officer (6)

25 Stop giving support (4)