Crossword

Across

8 Unadulterated? 100%. (4)

9 As for Bacchus and Dionysus, oenophiles are what they were! (4,6)

10 How one fantasises in games I fabricate. (8)

11 Band of brothers singularly popular in the 70s. (6)

12 “Et tu.....?” croaked Caesar.” Bully for you!” (5)

13 I am at the end of whose name, in short, is for determination. (4) 15 Bound, by all sounds, to be engrossed. (4)

18 Where there’s scope for scrutiny, there targeted for attack. (2,3,10)

20 Leap before the game ends with one that jumps in a lake! (4) 21 Put up your feet: RTÉ’s order. (4) 22 See 29A

25 Unlike some vinegar lickers, finger-licking it isn’t! (6) 27 Blame German League leaders about a different one! (8, or 4,4) 28 For so loud a sound, isn’t a tenor around? (10)

29/22A Not everyday achievements are faster unfolding. (4,5)

Down

1 Replacement sailor for anyone who’d go down with his boat? (10)

2 It’s the measure of any upright person. (6)

3 Having solved, initially, what Bacchus and Dionysus were into, just call them pigs! (5)

4 Unusual skin dyes. (4)

5 In lower cases The Pale can be judged in the face of non-violent conflict. (9) 6 Oh, holy mother of God – what a heavenly song by Schubert! (3,5) 7 Is there Irish bread to be had on these islands? (4)

14 Call these stirrups? No sir, getting in order for them. (5)

16 Jobs galore was the everyday score, but only on and off now for so many. (4-6)

17 Clutching at straws to call this a deterrent? For the birds! (9)

19/24D Hop to it, McGregor, unless ya think it’s a throw of the caber! (8,5) 23 Did Humpty Dumpty’s emerge from this? (6)

24 See 19D

26 Sing high, sing low, depending on choral tone. (4)

27 A bit fishy to provoke. (4)