SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

1 Was behind – but got ahead (9)

8 Pop’s trained the rambling rose, though he’s against it (7)

9 Kids who keep pinching each other? (7) 10 Is a back number and silly (7)

13 Do better than the other paint removers? (8)

14 A few lines, or less, of music (4)

16 Not agreeing there’s decline in the disease (7,3)

20 He left home, having lost my Mary to a foreigner (4)

22 Give one a hand with the wood (4)

24 But not if it’s shut up in the bank? (5,5) 28 Agreeing with the German doctor it’s for a door (4)

29 Doesn’t do it to music (8)

31 Guards, or fenders (7)

34 Taking the three, again, with me in the ship (7)

35 Give back the balance, having deducted a thousand more (7)

36 Made up and in a different outfit (9) 1 A party when they give you a posting? (4-3)

2 Having money must be wonderful (7) 3 Employ a number in tree-raising (5) 4 Showy and flamboyant – and fast (7) 5 She turns on a switch (4)

6 On paper, it’s declined (4)

7 The Indian’s taken through the plant (7) 11 Having got the money, go for the guard (6)

12 The thing one bumped into standing up (4)

15 A time since – back in Roman days, it was worn (4)

17 Put onto a case – not as an expert (3) 18 Ring everybody up about her (4)

19 Lay, less bothered by pain (6)

21 Try to find out when Kit lost it (3)

22 In which underclothes are kept? (7) 23 Open, which gives you a shock (4) 25 Made the party a success (7)

26 Hangs about to see I get the rest tidied (7)

27 Ensure that one is supported, but don’t allow one to work (7)

30 Right by the sea I arrange to build (5) 32 Say when, squire! (4)

33 Prophet who grants interviews? (4)