SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE
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 Shift first half of bird (5) 4 Exact copy of cute plaid design (9) 9 Connect fool with old spies at the borders (9) 10 Exalted Egyptian figure wasted hours (5) 11 Driver caught by a couple of bishops, that is (6) 12 Let’s play dead, like a star (8) 14 Conventional, round rubies go weird externally (9) 15 Traitor gets graduate some capital (5) 17 Sponge and five keys (5) 19 Trust lied about having captions (9) 22 Sugar made rare concoction (8) 24 Provide a fine crossing (6) 26 Verify coupon last couple removed (5) 27 Grumpy one, a scribe, upset, left inside (9) 28 Keep losing answer – it’s an inflammation (9) 29 Early invader, child stifles a kiss (5)
Down
1 Tolerate copper bringing first youngster (4,3) 2 Bond used broadcast about King, stuck in the office (9) 3 Bringing missing initial work of art (7) 4 Doctor, in the morning, has a drink (4) 5 Attractive, OK, and positive (6,4) 6 Breathing apparatus provides hernial treatment (7) 7 Rota negotiated with a vital supplier (5) 8 Sorting tease is most uncomplicated (7) 13 Check prisoners reach coach on time (10) 16 British issue – fight for vital part of election (6,3) 17 Chap in vehicle with corpse (7) 18 Deserve to take article made of clay (7) 20 Following cousin confusedly about – outline is not blurred (2,5) 21 Anger is failure gone wrong (7) 23 Doctor and lieutenant take turn to discard feathers (5) 25 Crazy fliers (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Move (5) 4 Carbon copy (9) 9 Business colleague (9) 10 Egyptian deity (5) 11 Taxi driver (6) 12 Star-shaped (8) 14 Middle-class (9) 15 Capital of Morocco (5) 17 Scrounge (5) 19 With overhead captions (9) 22 Type of sugar (8)
24 Have enough money for (6) 26 Confirm (5) 27 Bad-tempered (9) 28 Eye inflammation (9) 29 Old German (5)
Down
1 Young ursine animal (4,3) 2 Restricted to an office (9) 3 Engraving (7) 4 Small drink (4) 5 Fairly confident (6,4)
6 Asthma-relieving device (7) 7 Main artery (5) 8 Most simple (7) 13 Restriction (10) 16 Receptacle for votes cast (6,3) 17 Dead body (7) 18 Made of pottery (7) 20 Sharply defined (2,5) 21 Deep resentment (7) 23 Shed old feathers (5) 25 Flying mammals (4)