SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Leaving the instrument in a foreign country certainly hurts (5,4)

8 Passage from a funny text about a car race (7)

9 Associations through which the man caught a fever (7)

10 When there’s sun, mum has to cover up (7)

13 Did the fellow do nothing to get back the instrument? (8)

14 Take in the money (4)

16 Away, but only on loan (3,7)

20 One candle can go out: it’s not being utilised (4)

22 Creature with, perhaps, a crest (4) 24 Everywhere in extreme branches of the church (4,3,3)

28 I’d got her involved with Daniel (4) 29 The chap got wood from the tree (8) 31 Are very keen to get a female cat (7) 34 But go off at last in the craft (3-4)

35 Give out again when you hold back (7) 36 As a taciturn person would, if asked what “microscopic” meant? (3,6)

DOWN

1 Giving a performance one day for the king (7)

2 As opposed to the wins at the outskirts (7)

3 Out with a pal: out exercising the dog (5) 4 Because Silas succumbed to attacks (7) 5 Possibly flashpoints (4)

6 When it’s time to go off, go quickly (4)

7 At the outset, the little tips surprise one (7)

11 Mum and aunt travelling in Italy (6) 12 Warmed at the centre, you observe (4) 15 Bound to catch one man (4)

17 For lunchtime the day before, was cooked (3)

18 Lot of money there is in carpeting? (4) 19 Let the air out from well (6)

21 As monsieur said, “The third letter in lion” (3)

22 Stay to have a meal and a drink (7)

23 In getting a loan, he lost nothing (4) 25 Before your cure, was well (7)

26 Find it’s a warning to be careful (4,3) 27 Fight for the point Lester is out to get (7) 30 The singer it took 52 soldiers to capture (5)

32 The note is for you (4)

33 Bemoans the ways of Continentals (4)