SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

8 Way to get a dress in a flash (6) 9 Call fellow to get a way round (4,4) 10 Divert daughter to one small pamphlet (8) 11 Involve getting directions to follow (6) 12 Stop having bread distributed (5) 13 Flyer right to have a drink (4) 14 Friend working on a ship (4) 16 Two vehicles surrounding a trailer (7) 18 Sculpted figure acquires registered height (7) 20 Magpie, say, doing time in prison (4) 21 The first gain for a close relative (4) 22 Reported fire on a slide (5) 25 Group of actors left English fort (6) 27 Official permission for a form of punishment (8) 28 Standard supporter to tire European (8) 29 Noise made by sports equipment (6)

DOWN

1 Organised refusal to work is a hit (6) 2 Against group producing bootleg merchandise (10) 3 Become less anxious as engineers get careless (5) 4 Squander something fried in batter (7) 5 Fuse tin compound at end of the fireplace (9) 6 Courage to prepare a road for winter (4) 7 Wheel housed in back-to-front container (8) 14 Thin bit of wood is equal to glue (10) 15 Deity accepts throne laid out in old temple (9) 17 Friendly aim to transform a form of television (8) 19 Clergyman loses one of his buildings (7) 23 Gardening tool has cloth around other end (6) 24 Poles about to include a trap for animals (5) 26 Got a new order for a garment (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES ACROSS

8 Flashing light (6) 9 Orbital route (4,4) 10 Sidetrack (8) 11 Necessitate (6) 12 Exclude (5) 13 Alcoholic drink (4) 14 Friend (4) 16 Towed vehicle (7) 18 Natural height (7) 20 Winged creature (4) 21 Close sibling (4) 22 Sloping channel (5) 25 Fortified building (6) 27 Threatened penalty (8) 28 Banner support (8) 29 Sports bat (6)

DOWN

1 Work stoppage (6) 2 Illegal goods (10) 3 Take it easy (5) 4 Misspend (7) 5 Combine into a whole (9) 6 Small, loose stones (4) 7 Cylindrical container (8) 14 Long, thin object (10) 15 Athenian temple (9) 17 Good-natured (8) 19 Large church (7) 23 Handled tool (6) 24 Trap (5) 26 Roman garment (4)