SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Counts, but misinforms one again (6)

5 Goes with tea, perhaps (6)

8 Find he has dropped out of the event (5)

9 Sign the name the wrong way round in one (6)

10 Did he behave like a top artist? (6)

11 The smallest number plus a quarter (5)

14 What the caddy is holding? (8)

16 The animal let out a sound (6)

18 The right heel? (4,2,9) 20 He was dismissed from here, young lady, for being slack (6) 22 Loves to associate with a bad set, but is forgiven (8)

25 A stopper, the Cockney said, would make a difference (5) 27 Necessitate changing the ten to a forty-nine (6) 28 When it’s his turn to go to the front, can’t be found (6)

29 Making a “16”, perhaps, when you misplace the washer in it (5)

30 Narrows down to the record-makers (6) 31 Considered appearing in the act myself (6)

DOWN

1 Furious when, returning, the fish skirts the trap (6)

2 Standing up, name the tree (4)

3 For the rising, it’s permitted to have a weapon (8)

4 Draw to kill (5,10)

5 It doesn’t stop in the box! (6)

6 The key to the front is on the roof (4)

7 The tree’s turned out well (6)

12 Belong to the painter who’s gone out (7) 13 With a “Best be out of the car,” walks (7) 15 Again as I run into the lift (5)

17 A great many gear changes (5)

19 Held back from retiring (8)

20 Do go back to let out the animal (6)

21 Evades the issue of the seats (6)

23 The so-and-so ran (6) 24 Finish up the jars (4) 26 House and stable (4)