CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 16,532

ACROSS

1 Consequences of English fellows etc embroiled in fight on pitch (5-7) 8 Very old ramshackle chair taken into account (7) 9 We reversed quietly into British-Polish inn with on-site supply (7) 11 Cracker perhaps is a bit cute when dressed up (3,7) 12 Charge students after initially taking over (4) 14 Arrive shortly with problem for scorer (8) 16 Actor Gary’s dad? (3,3) 17 In US, check label (3) 19 Install old shower daughter brought in (6) 21 Eat pills, bananas and lozenge (8) 24 Drag or dragon (4) 25 Under questioning, church claimed to have received note (10) 27 Start to consider cutting fashionable brand list (7) 28 Back supporter of trendy book about energy (7) 29 Pick this up at home, not the morgue, unusually (6,6)

DOWN

1 Praise a small volume left on purpose (7) 2 As are many novels to Mike touring Havana on way north (10) 3 Company in opulent sci-fi film to bounce back (8) 4 Wonderful, sumptuous, unfinished material (6) 5 Remove top from water-carrier to make another (4) 6 Tie up Irishman falling over 9 (7) 7 Edit short topical film about air corps? It’s already been done (4,8) 10 Recommended regime in parliament producing stalemate? (8,4) 13 Idiot with stray sheep beginning to get security on line? (7,3) 15 Knock American cutting version of English speech (3) 18 Filmed bear circling large youth hostel causing fuss (8) 20 Germany to face reforms in effect (2,5) 22 Listener confuses lough with empty lake (7) 23 Drink in Paris said to be costly? What a pity (2,4) 26 Wife and husband accept one’s request (4)