CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Deputy leader I’ve confused with County Council barber? (4-8) 8. Separating what follows huntin’ and shootin’, say (7) 9. Don’t start to chase girl for false statement (7) 11. Disentangled English tax credit incorrectly (10) 12. I ran into returning couple (4) 14. Last part of battery (8) 16. Bird of prey’s partial to offal consumption (6) 17. Steal short dress (3) 19. Start Open University test with a problem (6) 21. Mechanics here get hot in Nottinghamshire town (8) 24. Poacher uses it grabbing a fresh fish for starters (4) 25. Deceive doctor with one good source of roast pork (7,3) 27. Youngish green tea brewed ignoring recipe (7) 28. New York city’s source of mozzarella (7) 29. Brasher had it beaten by the narrowest of margins (5-7)

Down

1. He drops in part of helmet, covering it (7) 2. Condemned foreign credits round here in France (10) 3. Bright colour in last group of notes in a bar, I hear (8) 4. Entertained by poster describing Clio for instance (6) 5. Ceremony’s correctly broadcast (4) 6. A duck’s sound? Not quite: it’s trapped upside down in water (7) 7. Father got hut fixed (it occurred to him later) (12) 10. Winged messenger going in hope, flying over mountain (6,6) 13. Sailor, stabbed, doubled over (10) 15. Left old woman dejected (3) 18. Like a seat? Box office bloke happily has one (8) 20. Put back plump cheese in thin material (7) 22. Fruit bat has foremost place to sit and wash (3,4) 23. Excellent coach collects salesman on way up (6) 26. Just amusements here? (4)