SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
3 Relatively important timber producer? (6,4)
8 The glow from a cigar (6)
9 They may restrict the cup games (4) 10 Cleaner able to nonplus the clergy (5,5) 11 Also coming incognito, otherwise (3) 13 The pain is hard for one to bear (4) 14 Gets Maxim to clean the refuse from the timber mill (7)
15 Bird the hare disturbed (4)
17 Talk a lot about upper-class locality (5) 20 Fresh note included in the information (5)
22 Doctor repeating the point about it ruining the lawn (4)
24 Name of a fir! (7)
25 Except for the girl’s backing (4)
27 The purpose of various electronic devices (3)
28 Where the president appears pallid before the game (5,5)
29 Pleasantly subtle (4)
30 What the titled lady carrying the silver suffers (6)
31 Happy despite being in severe trouble in Florida (10)
DOWN
1 Deceives the international sportsman with the paper (8)
2 After a moment, got up looking sullen (6) 3 Mounting regret about service playwright (7)
4 Protected against water and wine? (5) 5 Strip of timber not long enough for the turning machine (4)
6 Treatment for the others? (4-4)
7 The new men do put on weight in Canada (8)
12 Was ordered to take the key and the booty (4)
14 Undermines the trenches (4)
16 Actors well suited to meaty roles? (4) 17 Jewish sectarian is not happy, you observe audibly (8)
18 Would whine formerly about wealth (8) 19 Cultivate the boulder clay (4)
21 Imagine vine festooned over an aromatic shrub (8)
23 Protects the coats of arms (7) 25 Tempestuous tale about French gentleman (6)
26 Dug the stuff up (5)
28 Where the water comes from satisfactorily (4)
Friday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Spring. 5 So long. 8 About. 9 Notion. 10 Roller. 11 Gamma. 14 Threaten. 16 Notice. 18 On the road to ruin. 20 Pearls. 22 Of course. 25 Right. 27 Landau. 28 Unfair. 29 Chair. 30 Debunk. 31 Novice.
Down: 1 Sonnet. 2 Rota. 3 Gangster. 4 For many a long day. 5 Strain. 6 Only. 7 Garage. 12 Leghorn. 13 Start up. 15 Hence. 17 Chips. 19 Taciturn. 20 Pallid. 21 Struck. 23 Entree. 24 Snub . 26 Taxi.