SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Employed by the state, see, becomes hardened and insensitive (9) 8 Take turns (7) 9 Show boy to a social worker (7) 10 Don’t allow anger to show after attack (7) 13 A state benefit Butler held to be very attractive (8) 14 Kind person (4) 16 Stripped Verity (5,5) 20 Seer’s outlandish tongue (4) 22 Angry about moving the famous London statue (4) 24Upset by girl’s being given a lesson outside (10) 28 Iolanthe’s ripe for a new production (4) 29 Seizes money on the way back (8) 31 Take in when the sun’s about to come out (7) 34 Not in a band – illsuited (7) 35 Circle of listeners (7) 36 People setting free dogs (9)

DOWN

1 About to reappoint inapt team-leader (7) 2 Record album (3,4) 3 The city can be OK as a change (5) 4 Colonist discharging debts (7) 5 Doctor Jack’s so dull (4) 6 Othello in back-room production (4) 7 Seed men scattered over the land (7) 11 Bit of a bloomer made by some errant heroine (6) 12 Care about a genus of tree (4) 15 Superior salesman going up-country (4) 17 On the right road to write a song (3) 18 Pleased about the luxury (4) 19 Dullness of new diet you finally get many to follow (6) 21 Very hot note (3) 22 Some select editions getting returned (7) 23 Nothing to write, that’s clear (4) 25 Drum out of the army a doctor belonging to us (7) 26 Bait I swallowed, not being Jewish (7) 27 Arts set working on samplers (7) 30 Joe turned to Ron (5) 32 Boat bearing on the island (4) 33 Urges to eat (4)

Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 3 Put in a word. 8 Flower. 9 Twit. 10 Out of sorts. 11 Her. 13 Miss. 14 Riposte. 15 Thee. 17 Shred. 20 Later. 22 Soda. 24 Notable. 25 Rita. 27 Roc. 28 Prison fare. 29 Evil. 30 Noodle. 31 Setting out. Down: 1 Flourish. 2 Swoons. 3 Present. 4 Tarry. 5 Nuts. 6 On the set. 7 Dear dear. 12 Opal. 14 Reed. 16 Hose. 17 Sundries. 18 Reticent. 19 Dabs. 21 Entirely. 23 Appoint. 25 Reflow. 26 Pinto. 28 Plan.