CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Foundation for building U-boat base? (12) 8 Cat and snake eat lizard’s head — it’s fair game (7) 9 Country’s making do somehow without one (7) 11 Back entrance noticed spanning Sacred Heart church partition (4,6) 12 Bar rejected storyteller (4) 14 Fool grabs wrong lever on the other side (8) 16 Arab enemy destroyed island (6) 17 Scotsman eager to get rid of energy (3) 19 One managing to acquire phosphorus and metal (6) 21 First of nurses treated wound and chatted (8) 24 Start to pollute river that’s uncontaminated (4) 25 Marshal can’t get US to seize rare weapon (10) 27 Burn back in the morning in Greek island (7) 28 Like a big cat, wild

one in row (7) 29 Perfect example of insects working with queen (12)

DOWN

1 Person of importance shortly to tour Middle East and Spain (7) 2 Novel merchant to reserve wine store reportedly (10) 3 Sailor about to go into wood for a rest (3,5) 4 Don’t fall behind exchanging parts for maintenance (6) 5 Sound suppressed by piston engine (4) 6 Mr Drood stops dealing with Bordeaux, say (3,4) 7 Like our vision, too precise possibly to take in scene (12) 10 Traditional hoofer with bells, old car and reindeer (6,6) 13 Stop moving house and relax (6,4) 15 Bog flooding east Norfolk primarily? (3) 18 Sunlit waves lashing a top-class swimmer (8) 20 Upstart’s standard location for event not finished (7) 22 Music newspaper supported by another short one (7) 23 Agree English record company should be picked up (6) 26 Conceited individual enters commercial vehicle (4)