SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 When the moon’s out, not given to feeling sleepy (9) 8 Understanding you knock to get a drink (7) 9 Bother! The soldiers are in the wrong shelter! (7) 10 Father’s holding in the rope (7) 13 Students, a number employees (8) 14 The viewpoint of the players (4) 16 Later having a change of heart, perhaps, in it; towards the end (6,4) 20 Raise, on one side, corn (4) 22 Butter the dog likes (4) 24 Fairly fit, more or less (6,4) 28 About to put a veto on a gambling resort (4) 29 When the baby’s born, bringing it home (8) 31 The glass is falling (7) 34 The torn bit left over, Dot’s given to mend (7) 35 Pleasant question denoting a lack of selfconfidence (7) 36 Remove the garment and take it to pieces (9)

DOWN

1 About fifty, pet, and he’s giving up roving (7) 2 Biting the silly darn cat standing outside (7) 3 Into the hole can put a quarter of the water (5) 4 About then, the rally starts to be really interesting (7) 5 A bit upset by the gin? (4) 6 Undecided: that’s quite apparent (4) 7 Jumper for a beginner (7) 11 Agree it is, in a small way, money (6) 12 Past you (4) 15 Having made a minor stand, get the equaliser (4) 17 Notice, going by, a woman (3) 18 A big male holding a pipe (4) 19 The rest adopt a different attitude (6) 21 The whole or half of the confederates (3) 22 Show, having a drink, a man (7) 23 To that end, break into transport (4) 25 Or, in different terms, ‘the shakes’ (7) 26 Miss the pause after the word ‘mountain’ (7) 27 In it one’s got up very early (7) 30 Mother needs help to stand in the beginning (5) 32 Worst round (4) 33 Possibly bucks up on getting grass (4)