SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE
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Every week our gallant knight engages in an amiable joust with his Page. They provide different clues that give the same answers. Sir Lancelot gives the Cryptic Clues and his Page the Quick Clues. Now join them in a game of iSpy for your chance to win £250! Answers next Sunday.
SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Courtyard obtained in anticipation (5) 4 An agent, a pilot and a mechanic (9) 9 Start to speak around island with spirit (9) 10 Uneasy feeling in equal measure (5) 11 Last to finish by the river (6) 12 Fibrous mineral seen when top gets exceptionally large (8) 14 Generating a win in self-assertive condition (9) 15 Hardy character has registered a lock (5) 17 Notice soldiers are brought in to improve (5) 19 Stan meets order in measure of affordability (5,4) 22 Doctor has nothing about being common (8) 24 Brown craft incorporated a pattern (6) 26 A cold car crashes in African city (5) 27 Old copper smashed plate to show lack of guilt (9) 28 Broken gate returned artist to study public area (3,6) 29 Belief that’s unchanged when overturned (5)
DOWN
1 Saw expert having a word (7) 2 Yet another scale is of very poor quality (5-4) 3 Foreign character gets round a very short distance (7) 4 Aimlessly move capital, say (4) 5 Reporters get a chief to keep going (5,5) 6 Investigation of fashionable adventure (7) 7 Intended to have meagre time (5) 8 Agent of retribution seems in trouble (7) 13 Thrash person in charge, being a shark (10) 16 European transport gets positive response to fatigue (9) 17 Insect made Mary break a book (4,3) 18 Theatrical work about one old model (7) 20 Small crate managed to contain large colour (7) 21 Nag about shelter set out in a different line (7) 23 Had trouble with a Catholic villa (5) 25 Curious canaries have to look (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Paved outdoor area (5) 4 Vehicle fixer (9) 9 Have a specified beginning (9) 10 Feeling of doubt (5) 11 Suffer (6) 12 Heat-resistant mineral (8) 14 Indoctrinate (9) 15 Lock of hair (5) 17 Revise (5) 19 Financial investigation (5,4) 22 Of average quality (8) 24 Patterned cloth (6) 26 Capital of Ghana (5) 27 Absolve of blame (9) 28 Outdoor refreshment area (3,6) 29 Religious belief (5)
DOWN
1 Well-known saying (7) 2 Of inferior standard (5-4) 3 Greek letter (7) 4 Wander (4) 5 Make progress (5,5) 6 Judicial probe (7) 7 Signified (5) 8 Arch-enemy (7) 13 Type of shark (10) 16 Ocular fatigue (9) 17 Insect (4,3) 18 3-D model (7) 20 Shade of red (7) 21 Curve-touching line (7) 23 Russian villa (5) 25 Scrutinise (4)