Cryptic corner

ACROSS 1 & 4A Vegetables, funny shaped tomatoes (6, 8)

8 Son frequently heard to yell in game (8) 9 Braved stupidly?

Or perhaps daringly? (6)

10 One ignored head cook (4) 11 Agreement to introduce group of witches to worker (8)

14 Cargo revealed by French crew? (7) 16 Caustic play on words by man (7)

18 One stuck in street, possibly, in Italian town (7)

20 Dangerous act involving extremely dense undergraduate? (7)

22 Initially Petty Officer merely upset the person in charge (8)

24 The return of Friends is a hit (4) 26 Accepts minor points, following fuss (6) 27 Riches he distributed in English county (8) 28 & 29A Forget what one is saying, as careless seamstress might? (4, 4, 6) DOWN 1 Sam’s rearranged church service (4) 2 Problem with price rise, try to get free travel (9)

3 Person of little stature engaged in cold war fighting (5)

4 They may arrest more than one louse on river (6)

5 Mr Previn has taken part in band recently (5)

6 Work in the theatre, note, supporting form of musical entertainment (7) 7 Not the real version of a song by The Who (10)

12 Spring in underground chamber (5) 13 Where Humpty Dumpty fell? That’s unexpected (3, 3, 4) 15 Fellow on the wagon has yen for a woman (5) 17 Head of Mafia given main role at baptism (9) 19 Wicked mischief maker with evidence of debts (7)

21 Small reptile perched on American plant (6) 23 Go one better, putting together open air festivity? (5)

24 These can be folded to make cover (5) 25 First of mechanics to finish off repair (4)