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

9 Picture one game differently (5) 10 Season doesn’t start terribly free, so butt in (9) 11 Hormone made by nerd, almost hops in confusion (9) 12 Artist puts bird outside as a feature (5) 13 Attempt to fashion rivets (6) 14 Singing about strange night, holding a knight (8) 16 They can’t let go – it’s more difficult having nothing (7) 18 A noble, worried about duke, my dear sir (3,4) 20 Friend loses last lock on part of a bed (8) 22 Lifting device in front of a large animal (6) 25 Thanks sea for not being wild (5) 26 Learn about putting actors in bomber (9) 28 Dilapidated or ancient vessel (9) 29 Some heat from another machine (5)

DOWN

1 Flames in sack (4) 2 Steps that may be taken (6) 3 Degenerate understudy babbled (8) 4 Specialised in turning revolutionary (5) 5 No chant is performed for supporter (9) 6 Greek form of trance (6) 7 Comparable part of family tree (8) 8 Pagan hotel designed in a certain shape (10) 13 Cites chasm incorrectly in diagrams (10) 15 Cars, spinning on hard terrain, make an emergency stop (5-4) 17 Element is against cash – no euro (8) 19 Sparkling Italian writer has new aim (8) 21 Right next to a face, spreading from a point (6) 23 Family going round gallery without a youngster (6) 24 Type acquiring new sound of contempt (5) 27 Inclination to knock quietly (4)