SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Be short of time, unfortunately (8)

5 Who’s gone out and returned with water? (6) 10 To put it carefully, as a compiler one must (6,4,5)

11 With difficulty, steer the ship through the locks (7)

12 Changing it when the true figure is entered (7) 13 He defected from a job, got at by the East (8) 15 Teeters on the ice (5) 18 Consigns to the workers (5)

20 Maintain it’s private ground (8)

23 Decorate again on return, too (7)

25 The name goes on afterwards, on the side (7)

26 Is one in no doubt as to how much it is? (7,8) 27 Shake more convulsively after turning right (6)

28 Were his lips always pursed when he worked? (8)

DOWN

1 Find out Leo the lion is inside (6)

2 With the big picture showing: “Narrow The Gap” (5,2,2)

3 Helps the fool to get the first point (7)

4 See the rising water submerges the plants (5) 6 Nevertheless, it takes three-and-a-half days to fly round (7)

7 Earns one’s living in a factory (5)

8 Lacking support, is uneasy (8)

9 Get back again at three, with a woman (8) 14 A quiet member of the family: that’s obvious (8) 16 Not a nude model? (5-4)

17 The quick way to get a dog cool in summer (5-3) 19 Force the parson to ring the singer (7) 21 Spreads, once one looks after it (7) 22 Member of the team with whom the president had a row (6)

24 Gather up the money won (5)

25 ‘The French? I can’t stand them’ you treat as a joke (5)