No 9448 Thursday, 5 February, M.Manna

Got badly stuck on 2 Down as a result could not finish, anyway here are the rest

ACROSS

1 - Stuff in a stable - EAT LIKE A HORSE

8 - The hair one leaves alone - (Addendum - STRANDS)

9 - Menaces again and that's about it - THREATS

11 - Reads note about recording on video tape to be effaced - ERASED

13 - Mild cheese made in this county - CHESHIRE

15 - Not right for daughter to read with fear - DREAD

16 - Another lone revolutionary inside part of the hierarchy - ECHELON

18 - He makes out a packing case to carry gold - CREATOR

19 - Time to race about to provide food - CATER

21 - Thought I put a drink in the sea - IMAGINED

23 - Rip off a wollen coat - FLEECE

25 - It feeds on wood and damages building - TERMITE

26 - Diving birds who make a dash - DARTERS

28 - As shipmates are sharing rough passage - IN THE SAME BOAT

DOWN

2 - Elaborately or excessively ornamented - (Addendum - AUREATE)

3 - The French point out to him as thier boy - LES (Addendum - LEN)

4 - Two orbicularis muscles in a state of contraction - KISS

5 - Play a leading role to put on a show of bravado - ACT THE HERO

6 - They get a nervous child frightened and so upset - OGRES

7 - Position of one intending to travel - STATION

8 - Made purchases with parsimony? Not he! - SPENDTHRIFT

10 - Crooked pastoral lady - SHEPHERDESS

12 - He may sound like a whirlwind - EDDIE

14 - With grub the head shows moderation - GENTLENESS

17 - No call made to person belongin to a particular place - LOCAL

18 - Mortification of King George put in restraint - CHAGRIN

20 - Girl sat here fidgeting - THERESA

22 - The Celtic language of this country - IRISH

24 - First man! - ADAM

27 - Move with friction - RUB

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