SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Thrown out of the shops, goes bad (7) 5 Takes the stitches out and puts back in bed? (7) 9 A fool to incarcerate the poet (5)

10 Is he at the trade centre? (9)

11 Show Eastman (6) 12 Go off when the trouble-makers hold marches? (8)

14 The weight of a loaded vehicle (5) 15 Roger and I swim in the river (3,6)

18 Mean from that day forwards it’s to be found in Greece (9)

20 Grip the shellfish gently (5)

22 Should, around three, be complete (8)

24 Each getting a part (6) 26 Good heavens, does that mean the church is on fire? (4,5)

27 When the vessels return, the smack has caught one (5)

28 Regard as the exorcism of a spectre (7) 29 Is afraid the best points are at the beginning and end (7)

DOWN

1 A prize for the most vicious goat in the meadow? (9)

2 Red suit needing repairs and needing even more cleaning (7) 3 Millionaire the girl didn’t allow to slip through her fingers? (4,5) 4 Certain quantity of money, we’re told (4) 5 Not overcoming suffering (10)

6 Conduct a good deal (5)

7 Improves when one puts in an appearance (5,2)

8 Drives the tip into the poles (5)

13 Garment with a big hole in it? (6-4)

16 What the bill was written on, in the

Chinese restaurant? (4-5) 17 Voices coming from cupboards (9)

19 Talks as though one has a screw loose? (7) 21 States a stop has been put to a crime wave (7)

22 Not that hot, anyhow, on return (5)

23 What finally happened to the children (5)

25 They may be spelling the letters aloud (4)