DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Cheer loudly for heroes in TA, wounded, numberless (5,3,4) 8 Pass first of all very quietly over ground (7) 9 Bishop translated woeful old poem (7) 11 Accost racing driver on part of course (10) 12 Married boxing novice in joint (4) 14 State of emergency — engineers rush to guard the French (3,5) 16 Harry learnt what it costs to hire a car, say (6) 17 He starts to torment other moggies (3) 19 Bob nearly hit back at very end (6) 21 Mob repeated musical phrase with different one (8) 24 Some regulations withdrawn in winter Olympics event (4) 25 Last daring manoeuvres in WWII battle (10) 27 Item on table, last of tasty dry spirit I swallowed (7) 28 College dance interrupted by crude revolutionary (7) 29 Guarantee wife left Surrey town to get spanner during war (6,6) DOWN 1 It’s rumoured to be laid in grass (7) 2 He ruins images of possibly harmless Roman Catholics (10) 3 I heard at tea time what’s on optician’s wall (3,5) 4 Restrict movement of books during opening (6) 5 Music group’s beginning to finish, causing uproar (4) 6 Work fast, inspiring university to get rich (7) 7 How savages behave in pubs I visit at end of day (12) 10 Nervous dad fled into ploughed field to waste time (6-6) 13 The latest few trained in England by mistake (10) 15 Rubbish mounts, creating hill (3) 18 Not much pressure needed to crush one block (8) 20 Absurd target placed on a Henley event (7) 22 Upsetting music company test reduced broadcast slot (7) 23 Baffle Yankee in squat (6) 26 Priest unwell? This might help (4)

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