CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Devise short topical film about a catholic? It’s been done (4,8) 8 Waste energy keeping well for brief scan (4-3) 9 Quietly suspend deciding match (4-3) 11 It’s hard to grasp, enabling it to be misconstrued (10) 12 Judge bird’s wattle (4) 14 Spurge, not bay, gives huge pleasure (8) 16 Cold windy trustee replaces duke (6) 17 Liquid I’d lost, having caught this? (3) 19 Idiot obtains scenery ideal for strippers? (6) 21 Grateful having place for Greek — lots of food here (8) 24 Dope found in rainforest (4) 25 Like some terriers we harried cruelly across island (4-6) 27 Where to leave tots in north Surrey complex (7) 28 Ape? One chum corners it (7) 29 Camp internee goes wild, drinking too much (12)

DOWN

1 Pay at the start for lively new ram (5,2) 2 Details one Pole’s benefits hotel cut (3,3,4) 3 Drink pear cocktail, providing it comes first (8) 4 Soft drink more expensive inside dome (6) 5 Average crew includes amateur (4) 6 Take care in crow’s nest (7) 7 A couple of letters initially repeating? (12) 10 Ready to go, replete, fly off side, drop at first (5,7) 13 Cleaning fluid trial? Not if ill prepared (10) 15 Find odd pieces of pillar up here? (3) 18 Like motive of university student rioter possibly? (8) 20 Woman’s upset about very loud colour (7) 22 Vessel in front part of crematorium (7) 23 Clear mess disruptively, possibly avoiding silver (4,2) 26 Only two notes (4)