SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Bile about liberal
defamation (5)
4 Sadly see a bear chew
something to sunbathe in (9)
9 Diagram with everything
on church painting (9)
10 Intends to find
the wherewithal (5)
11 Take no notice of Ringo
playing with energy (6)
12 European graduate getting Dante
translation sent out (8)
14 State air makes headline (4,5)
15 Very small tail broken
off insect (5)
17 Fake coach has to go back (5)
19 New word in some
lingo – weird (9)
22 Affair is a concern (8)
24 Pets reforming alien group (6)
26 Form of lightning
seen on bed (5)
27 Award hero different
part of weapon (9)
28 Fellow in train
organised cover (9)
29 Blade that’s reversible (5)
Down
1 Resolute rule,
starting company (3,4)
2 Steadying crooner
around new canal (9)
3 Author could be clearer (2,5)
4 Describe a miracle
with a smile (4)
5 Use of machines making aunt
aim too randomly (10)
6 Ambiguous item, like rose (7)
7 Glorify old sailor?
Not initially (5)
8 Rise awkwardly, owing
what’s left (7)
13 Sports equipment sent
in to disrupt party (6,4)
16 Instead, it turned out
most refined (9)
17 Mind section about
strange bays (7)
18 Crooner, as in art movement (7)
20 Power an alternative to
genuine conflict (4,3)
21 Entertainer switched
to drama (7)
23 Woman has a right to cut (5)
25 Bishop managed to get
some roughage (4)
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