SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Improve and go straight again (4,3,6)

8 Taking the horse round, myself, something to eat (7)

9 Does switch round the dollar and the copper coins (7)

11 That’s nothing to the variety of colour! (6) 13 Maintain it’s one’s private domain (8)

15 In many cases, missing a fat one out (5) 16 Bring out a coloured sheath for the gun (7) 18 Become harsh and set a snare by the horse (7) 19 The fact is, Maud’s wrong about the time (5) 21 A look from the person you locked in the cold storage room? (3,5) 23 Rascally, managed to smuggle in the painting (6)

25 How the dentist who does extractions all day works? (3-4)

26 More prepared to fade into the background (7)

28 Drive back (7,6)

DOWN

2 The men set a crazy nut-case free, but it was a mistake (7)

3 She got the meat cooked for “2” (3) 4 Covering for the gangster (4)

5 A faultless description of a crystal ball (5,5) 6 What it astonishes one to see on the shore? (5) 7 Sign the last “Sore and bewildered” (7)

8 A suggestion for the office (11)

10 It will advise you there’s been a reduction in the rates (11)

12 GI returning to a place in Italy (5)

14 A sign of possessiveness (10) 17 More down and out (5) 18 Stick around, longing for something hot to eat (7)

20 Call after the meal, in a great hurry (7)

22 A little confused, left out the name (5)

24 So that could be a grouse egg (4)

27 A cone dropped on one (3)