SIR LANCELOT’S

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Dine around summit and

make more noise (5,2)

5 Twist new hat on the

way to confrontation (7)

10 Enduring rite,

concealing stones (4)

11 Boyfriend Jack gets Lois

drunk, having a wine (10)

12 Wonderful husband,

constantly holding article (8)

13 Firm reviewing rent

for ice cream (6)

14 Muscular, like chicken? (5)

16 Burn sodium, and this writer

gets a trademark (5,4)

19 Improvise listening

device for missile (9)

21 Force weakest member

to make a noise (5)

23 Radiate good time, both endlessly

and across the world (6)

25 Times change after tailback

– that’s most fortunate (8)

27 Farming aid improved

sterile fir (10)

28 Small success, not starting

gazpacho, say (4)

29 Forced to rest, taking time

for the fast bit (7)

30 Prisoner broadcast

agreement (7)

Down

2 Quiet desire to cleanse (5)

3 Switched on performance

– bad TV idea (9)

4 Suave pope,

maybe English (6)

6 Next time, Jade

can change first (8)

7 Opposite a bear? (5)

8 Group member has

brain stem disorder (9)

9 Legal expert left way out

with hesitation (6)

15 Lion let me spread

skin cream (9)

17 He saw himself eternally

as a flower (9)

18 Knock down apartment

– didn’t succeed (4,4)

20 Defence group,

only biased (6)

22 My robe, ruined

in early stage (6)

24 Wash the graduate first (5)

26 Reject betting on vase (5)