SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Night attire (10)

8 The punter’s cap (6)

9 Asterisks don’t need the skies, anyhow, but this does! (4)

10 Did he get a very good first in economics? (10)

11 Turn down the swim (3)

13 Without writhing around (4)

14 Ignore the girl with the weapon (7)

15 It may make one itch to be foolhardy (4) 17 Be curious when the peace offering gets no admission (5)

20 Shot across and helped with the gardening (5)

22 On the one hand, inclined to be interested (4)

24 Later altered one figure in the writing (7) 25 Tripe put on a table (4)

27 Miss the point (3)

28 Game the tired dog can amuse itself with? (6-4)

29 Jumped up girl! (4)

30 Oddly rough? (6)

31 “Leaving,” as the foreigner said, “one section of the store” (10)

DOWN

1 Calming down when the date is changed over (8)

2 Doing one’s best to remove the four central pearls (6)

3 Wave from a smasher! (7)

4 Figure you’ll enjoy the article (5)

5 The latest model (4)

6 Book written by a tough footballer? (4-4) 7 Imagined the dope’s somehow to be added to the drink (8)

12 Splash from the jug (4)

14 Crack off with a short iron shot (4)

16 A time back, caught a cold, in Israel (4) 17 Paper darts folded and put inside (8) 18 Do better than the other fan dancers? (8) 19 The dogs you take with you on holiday (4)

21 Rang the praises of, as one once had rung? (8)

23 Removed from the newspaper and left hurriedly? (4,3)

25 Teased for having let loose the bird to be caged (6)

26 Apart from the sea swimming I had gone in for (5)

28 Attend and come out on top against (4)