SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Just a second. Does that mean it’s not altogether right? (4,1,4)

8 Pick up a handful, overexcited! (7)

9 Had had animals to guard it: dogs (7) 10 Teach the boy a cute trick (7)

13 When I get friends to hold it, it does the same (8)

14 A singer able to be done without (4)

16 Are they found on the weather map you searched everywhere for? (4,3,3)

20 Claimed to have been detained (4)

22 A water (lake) animal (4)

24 A very good trickster: very good, indeed (5-5)

28 Hollow tooth monsieur has (4)

29 Among the journeys I’d made back, one did depress (8)

31 A well-bred man the general returned with (7)

34 Scold the overworked agent first (7) 35 What one goes running in, when one has time (7)

36 Hence paid half back, though not always (9)

DOWN

1 The pot man’s in a mess (7)

2 Relying on one’s flair (7)

3 Hear he left an order to get a bouquet (5) 4 And I arranged to accept a different set as a replacement (7)

5 I take off a new plane (4)

6 He got the price wrong: a penny out (4)

7 The woman’s upset and angry at being cut (7)

11 He produces a gun from a compartment (6) 12 The beer the ring fell into tastes horrible (4) 15 You having wandered out: it’s hot inside (4) 17 In a fury, getting one more doctor disbarred (3)

18 There’s a gap. That’s the difficulty (4) 19 Snuggle up in the felt, sensibly (6)

21 A position that is to one side (3)

22 Propose to give the various guests a key to enter (7)

23 Stand the man a port (4)

25 Saying Margie will play the piano in it (7) 26 Do get through to the class (7)

27 It’s not the freshmen who are bad hats (7) 30 Bird seed, the article is on (5)

32 Uses pull to get transport (4)

33 Stacks of parcels (4)