SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Remains outside in the street, being Gallic (7) 5 Understood the note was harsh (7) 9 Misleads one about the number of trees (5) 10 Gloomy, and with good reason, about Act One (9) 11 Say unhappily there’s turbulent air about on the weather map (6) 12 Chase the animals off (8) 14 She caught the other end in the gate, somehow (5) 15 Where to have a picnic, or what to take on it (4,2,3) 18 Thinking the grip non-slip, Ed reversed into it (9) 20 Not busy, lay off the novice taken in (5) 22 The bell sound is impressive (8) 24 She went off with an airman (6) 26 With a sneer said ‘Ridiculous preparation’ (9) 27 Insist on having it right (5) 28 Won’t let one get the minister in close up (7) 29 New resident popular with the local tradesmen? (7)

DOWN

1 Arriving with the barrel from down below? (7,2) 2 A person of importance, but not all the time (7) 3 Belittle the girl’s father and throw a tantrum (9) 4 ‘Half each’, by the way, should be ‘a quarter’ (4) 5 Acquire by means of, to finish (3,7) 6 Say you will note, to enter, the time (5) 7 Confidential talk I figure in (7) 8 Line up from habit (5) 13 Job allocation (10) 16 Will try to get at the chaps coming in (9) 17 Be like a grasping member of the family? (4,5) 19 Jack up and, in near hysteria, tell you what happened (7) 21 A large (with a very good figure) girl (7) 22 Chuck it out a bit (5) 23 What you quickly say is ink spilled on the notes (5) 25 They crawl right over the tools (4)