SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Keen to catch the funny red insect (6) 4 Unstructured, quite unlike the civil service (8)

10 Dress disguised as a scout, myself (7) 11 Are breaking up the home and that’s serious (7)

12 Drink that’s the go (4)

13 How long it takes to consume the shared milk drink? (4,1,5)

16 Look embarrassed about the catch (6) 17 Wasn’t fast either: not one of the winners (4-3)

20 Beat the real holder, somehow (7) 21 Down goes everybody, into the marsh (6)

24 Either not working or in the wrong position (3,2,5)

25 Concluded it’s too much (4)

27 Blame Lola, who’s gone off to somewhere in Italy (7)

29 Turned into a ladybird by a fairy (7) 30 Getting better, have a friend call around (8)

31 Mean to receive the Asian (6)

DOWN

1 Any crest will reveal family background (8)

2 The cashing of a cheque? (11)

3 A refusal, by ourselves, to see common sense (4)

5 Make well! (8)

6 Female German banker is a good shot! (10)

7 For the audition, I see (3)

8 More determined to get a dog (6)

9 Put off giving the key back by a day (5) 14 Anyway, it is a big difference to Steven (2,3,6)

15 How applause is acknowledged, after being caught out by the fielder (10)

18 After cooking bread, have to do some pressing (4,4)

19 Covering again, for fear of escalation (8) 22 For half the winter, accommodating our car (6)

23 It’s forward an hour in Western Australia (5)

26 Bet it’s the other way around in Sicily (4) 28 It’s the backwash, chum (3)