SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Don’t allow an increase in something that’s cheap (7)

5 A sneer from the man when the car’s driven in (7)

9 Annoys the right with trumped-up lies (5) 10 Very well, due to the pact I arranged with a friendly nation (9) 11 Remains to be seen if one can thrust the foil’s point in (6)

12 Give it up or it could become far worse (8) 14 A number having almost a month in a holiday resort (5)

15 In particular, observe the ice has all melted inside (9)

18 Owing to change in the valley, being successful (5,4)

20 In the East, set a number of the stories (5) 22 It’s not clear if the base crumbled when rust spread through it (8) 24 Determine to rewrite the letters right away (6) 26 Understand her perturbation and hang about (9)

27 Leading by enough to win the race (5) 28 Where, in America, we’d crashed in bad visibility (7)

29 Scribbling the name with a pen on the pardon (7)

DOWN

1 Audacious, as the masked criminals were not (9)

2 Arrives with food from the bakery and drink (5,2)

3 Attacking the sick animal first (9)

4 He’s cooler (4) 5 Theoretically, does work in the store (10) 6 Takes to task about the scales of payment (5) 7 The plant is a raging inferno, man! (7)

8 June will naturally follow the official (5)

13 In the summing up, agree about the awful mess (10)

16 Where you find people swimming, mostly (2,3,4)

17 I agree Ted Ray was funny a while back (9) 19 One dips in and, after a chew, it’s found to be dull (7)

21 Do they give one written permission? (7) 22 Fear it means the rest period is over (5)

23 The bird is again given a name (5)

25 She turned to the south, from the mountains (4)