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Stuck on 29a.
It had nets attached to it to catch lad led astray (6)
I have D?D??E

The method of across entries means you can’t trust that first D. If you’ve got the pair of entries for the middle column you will see why...

It's a synonym of 'lad' for the first three + an anag for the rest.

Thank you for hints. Afraid I have no idea yet about the columns in silver....

Good luck, this was a swine. I got there at last largely in spite of, rather than thanks to, the instructions!

It's a 'before & after' idea, jogamel - linked to the 4 letter word (to get the link between the 5 'extras' it will probably help to be a fan... and the last column will then become obvious).

drxx, does that column include the definite article?

Yes (one of them) nelson.

Thanks drxx.
(I'm in that camp, so disappointed this year.)
So, is the pair to it the other place?

No, that's historic (if you know what I mean) and then the theme moves on.
Your disappointment can't be too bad - my lot are hovering dangerously far away (we went in opposite directions after a very famous victory over your way).