SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Business practice (6)

5 Give a better simulation of pain than the others? (6)

8 She’s caught in a deception (5)

9 What am I giving the cloakroom attendant, dear? A garment (6)

10 Points across and outside one (6)

11 How stamps are often sold – and a good thing, too (5)

14 Or the hat will conceal the view (8)

16 Bars of the bird-cage (6)

18 A fake fingerprint, or what it gives the police (5,10)

20 Is a follower and supports (6)

22 Break the rule! (8)

25 As I said before, it’s an acquisition (5) 27 One delivery – or a lot (6)

28 A loud, “Turn the old crone round, sir” (6) 29 The wealth redistribution would be ruthless (5)

30 Reminds one there can be no escape from the dungeons, anyway (6)

31 Side with the beast; a very bad type (6)

DOWN

1 Not a hair of the dog in the garden! (6) 2 Hand round the mugs (4)

3 The drunken Hiram inside’s got at by a spy (4,4)

4 One’s debut as the ghost? (5,10)

5 Cured member of “Gamblers Anonymous”? (6)

6 A great deal’s written about one going back to work (4)

7 Is no longer upset by the unproductive areas (6)

12 Does the Spaniard’s cry comfort you? (7) 13 The men in charge get rid of the Russian (7)

15 Separated for a bit (5)

17 Turn and run out with the fish (5)

19 Risk the man in green constituted (8) 20 The master’s upset when you criticise the vessel (6)

21 Won’t talk about the high points (6)

23 It doesn’t matter which there could be one hidden in (6)

24 Stepped over the gun, I having dropped it (4)

26 Keep quiet, though it’s hard at first (4)