SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Small nuisance, getting a lot of land (5) 4 Saver notes its poor performance (9) 9 Relate fabrication about chap finding something in cockpit (9) 10 In the morning, one ship is faulty (5) 11 Not quite sprinkling salt around sides of mango (6) 12 Offer to eat cooked reeds for nutrition (8) 14 Succeeded, apes took off, as you might say (2,2,5) 15 Man has planted first tree (5) 17 Defeat object, removing king, but legal (5) 19 Sign for gold harp got changed (9) 22 Informal term for steal – terribly mean (8) 24 Low-ranking jobs start, alternatively, without college (6) 26 Fastening in wet conditions (5) 27 Expert comes in to make smaller duplicate (9) 28 Know-all crams composition containing legend (5,4) 29 Choose from selection (5)

DOWN

1 Heard character register a fish (3,4) 2 Graduate is after car with twitch in transmission (9) 3 Archenemy seems in a bad way (7) 4 Old-fashioned, missing last appointment (4) 5 Enter picky negotiation, hard to please (10) 6 Fame badly affects mad sort (7) 7 The initial ceremony is lacking originality (5) 8 Rise awkwardly, owing what’s left (7) 13 Socialist gives endless respect to a large insect (3,7) 16 Quiet freedom is commonplace (9) 17 Medication range mostly treating cuts (7) 18 A no-good shelter outside a line (7) 20 Key clues solved about blood group and sugar (7) 21 Gather husband averts disaster (7) 23 Feature a type of porcelain (5) 25 The picture contains a story (4)