SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Called to help Avis, in a hole (4,1,5) 8 Patch up and look after the stuff (6) 9 Unable to decide if it’s damaged (4) 10 Generally speaking, when to treat a cavity (2,3,5) 11 ‘Heavens, a letter!’ you say (3) 13 He doesn’t win and there’s a row (4) 14 For a little food and drink, everybody goes inside (7) 15 Be brave enough to challenge (4) 17 Do help to (5) 20 Gathering it’s not the whole of the year (5) 22 Had been seen, I would have said (4) 24 The notice about the green sort of annoyed one (7) 25 Tear and you put a little tuck in it (4) 27 Shouts and gets an answer to ‘Whose?’ (3) 28 Be responsible for only a boring arrangement in it (5,5) 29 Induced to return a garment (4) 30 Mr. Gold will make his home in it (6) 31 Not accepted, it subdued (6,4)

DOWN

1 Until then, being sentenced to imprisonment would (8) 2 A female in the fighting ring (6) 3 What the predator did, having before day caught a bird (7) 4 I love going round the funny log cabin (5) 5 Bet it’s not the post! (4) 6 How curious one is (8) 7 ‘20’ set about getting something ornamental for the home (8) 12 For those dead keen on music? (4) 14 Withered before, by the sun (4) 16 The Cockney had held we were afraid (4) 17 This rehashed TV programme in it is a great success (5,3) 18 Record the man tries to break (8) 19 Get out of line! (4) 21 Travelled right through in agony (8) 23 Knots undone and holding the key of the prison (7) 25 Take back the gentleman to bed? Rubbish! (6) 26 Uproar over a shot animal (5) 28 Not permitted to hear the group (4)