SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Touched? It’s sheer pretence (8)

5 Said, instead, to change the time (6)

9 Can’t get through: it’s insoluble (2,6)

10 Luggage you take with you on a seaside holiday (6)

12 Said otherwise on capturing the heart of the girls’ favourite (6)

13 Having the sun out, in a different way, provides the answer (8)

15 Flat gratis (4,2,6)

18 How much the quid is pro quo? (8,4)

23 Manage to get the lapel ironed out for her (8)

24 Keen, painting the exterior of the study (6)

26 Try to get the British to enter in the race (6)

27 Leave when they give one the push? (5,3)

28 They’re as far as my gardening goes! (6)

29 Introduces the newspapermen, about ten, after the break (8)

DOWN

1 Alan’s gone off carrying the uncut book (6)

2 Have the tart go in with the bottle (6)

3 Sack the ground rice has to be spilt into (7)

4 Always, with each year that follows (4)

6 On account of having finished (7)

7 Fly back, having got a new rise, to somewhere sunny (8)

8 Tried ineffectively to conceal the misdeed you dig up (8)

11 Bear out it’s to do with business (7)

14 With Pearl, go wandering in the garden (7)

16 A message saying “Kill”? (8)

17 Busy taking round the iced cup poured out (8)

19 Mean the lady is in reverse gear, moving (7)

20 Does well to get an hour when the vet is free to come round (7)

21 About a quarter have achieved fame (6)

22 Poles that are on the payroll (6)

25 Both blacken and clean (4)