CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Chap created agony so around Missouri in the distant past (4,5,3) 8 Only bat needs treatment in a significant way (7) 9 Animated musical film showing end of event with a slant (7) 11 Vague insurance policy for part of a seat? (5,5) 12 Experts with outstanding references ultimately (4) 14 Top Oscar we describe firstly getting awarded (8) 16 French articles about agent almost free of embroidery? (6) 17 Drink increased after latest of victories (3) 19 Cheers by southern staff for Dutch explorer (6) 21 Argue in a serious way with bloated rogue around Thailand (2,6) 24 Friend found in Cornwall yearly (4) 25 One providing a strip? (10) 27 First person, we hear, gets to endure spectacles, maybe (7) 28 Unit Bill largely fashioned is fixed? (5-2) 29 Old boy amid merry crew I fancy in site producing drink (12)
DOWN
1 Senior nurses commuting on trams (7) 2 Peeress in good Western and Arab country (10) 3 Possibly employs a set of things for traditional dancing? (8) 4 Publicised section of tennis match in beginning (6) 5 Some in turn avoided nasty part of a beach? (4) 6 Doctor hosting aged copper in noted horse race (4,3) 7 A man bulletin misrepresented virtually (2,3,3,4) 10 Move fine stand? It is designed to hold cold chemical liquid (12) 13 Arouse hostility in worker facing pains slightly adjusted (10) 15 Guy in New York falling short is a failure (3) 18 Pole brat vandalised is easily carried? (8) 20 A fib admitted by senior international composer (7) 22 Prickly husband in set regularly left in borders of territory (7) 23 Last character, a Greek has debt uncovered in European capital (6) 26 Sound of grazing animal that’s much loved (4)