SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Not a wholesaler? (5,8)

8 It’s delightful to come out on top occasionally (7)

9 Kinds of keys agents have to get in (7)

11 Created trouble and tried to break a hole through (6)

13 The swimmer again comes in for a rest (8)

15 Is backing the man and takes up the cudgels for him (5)

16 He puts out, by one point, the winner (7)

18 Go around with the partner (7)

19 Caught breaking the rule about money (5)

21 The lad Dylan got a letter from (8)

23 Springy (6)

25 It again, in time, will form part of Africa (7)

26 Really look delighted and say yes (7)

28 For the consumer, the extra time being useful (6,7)

DOWN

2 Do string along with, to get the agreement (7)

3 Bother to join a party (3)

4 Come upon, in the hunt (4)

5 They don’t leave one free to teach in the holidays (10)

6 A drunken woman we hear with a beastly laugh (5)

7 And not giving points to their playing (7)

8 What the examinee said when unable to remember in the oral? (5,4,2)

10 Army quarters? (7,4)

12 It makes sense to have a place abroad (5)

14 Having a little time to pass is nothing new (6-4)

17 For the French, you measure up the material (5)

18 Plot with a bloke to hold the pub up (7)

20 Regard as business (7)

22 Slowly going right into goal, bouncing (5)

24 Pain that’s hard for one to bear (4)

27 Fix up with a drink (3)