SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

1 Having something to play, each (6) 4 Bangers are always popular with children! (8)

10 The springer’s name? (7)

11 The killer with the gun at morning returns (7)

12 I managed to circumvent the water (4) 13 The opposites of these in the slippersatin cover (10)

16 Came round when you spoke his name (6)

17 Sure to be specific (7)

20 What the missionary will do with the old house? (7)

21 Can’t possibly keep quiet about the kidnapping (6)

24 Hard to remove once sunk down in the easy-chair? (4-6)

25 A girl’s name: it might be Hazel (4)

27 It’s a dirty picture, old boy, to start with (7)

29 What the child was told would make it taller, as a joke? (3-4)

30 Lester is unusually full of energy (8) 31 Dip the female sheep (6) 1 Having laid hands on the brochure, steal it (8)

2 Going from the BBC to ITV, for instance? (7,4)

3 Manage to get the firm a record rise (4) 5 Stayed in a communist state (8)

6 One the music publisher won’t let slip through his fingers? (6,4)

7 Wind up in the rear (3)

8 Are emphatic there must be a second lock (6)

9 Right opposite (5)

14 Have a quick look at the “Milk While Dieting” section? (4,7)

15 Is useful and is a good waiter (6,4) 18 Are they why the beach is stony? (8) 19 Was he calling a taxi for his mother? (8) 22 Having crossed the Channel, it’s to the right (neat, that!) (6)

23 A knockout coming right at the end of the round, we hear (5)

26 The villain is standing trial again (4) 28 Is the one inside the senior master? (3)