Guardian prize

[catsrcool]

8dn What I try to do should be OK? (3,4) S?T ?A?? SET FAIR ?
1ac England's captain, once one of several scorers (7) ?T?????
21dn Ring-shaped forms unreasonable — not unusually obese (7) A???L?? ANNULUS ?
4dn Turning over while American's boxing — wrestling ring punch (7) ??N???A SANGRIA ?

[hallgarth]

1ac strauss think composers

[factor-fiction]

set fair seems okay from a compiler

[dannyk13]

4d.Turning over while= as reversed
wrestling ring=ngri
american=a

[dannyk13]

21d. Not sure annular or angular

[Lavender77]

4dn is Sangria - a type of punch (loosely!)
I'm stuck on 21 down - can't be annulus as it doesn't fit with my other letters.

[factor-fiction]

I can't see the wordplay for ANNULAR, but it seems more likely than ANGULAR

[dannyk13]

21d.Annular ( angram of unresonable - obese)

[Lavender77]

It's got to be annular to fit in with cosine

[factor-fiction]

well done dannyk

[catsrcool]

Thanks all
16ac Snake to drive over playing surface featuring snakes and ladders? (5) ?O?R? COBRA?
If 21 dn was ANNULAR that would give me an R as the sixth letter of 29ac Makes beloved Kennedy et al rise regularly (7) ?N?E?R? ENDEARS?

[Lavender77]

Please can you explain why it's annular? I understand the "ring shaped " bit. Where's the anagram?

[factor-fiction]

see dannyk13's answer, Lavender77

[Lavender77]

yes - it's endears. Look at the alternate letters of Kennedy et al rise

[factor-fiction]

16a will be BOARD

[dannyk13]

Lavender 77 see my post of 11.02

[Lavender77]

dannyk's answer makes no sense

[factor-fiction]

Boa (snake)+ rD (Dr for drive backwards)

[dannyk13]

Lavender 77 If you take the letters obese from unreasonable and than rearrange the remaining letters you get annular.

[catsrcool]

Thanks All
If 21dn is ANNULAR that makes 24ac Function pictures, having airbrushed mother, capturing Oscars (6) C?S?N?E must be COSINE but I can't parse that either

[Lavender77]

whoa! that's obtuse! Thanks for explaining that.