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 Reportedly impose
a water defence (5) 10 Whacks gin out – that’s
a symbol of money (5,4) 11 Author in conversation
with artisan (9) 12 Widen a choice to include
foreign fare (5) 13 In favour of not returning
particle (6) 14 Fish with daughter with
odd bit of kit (4,4) 16 Left grates out of greatest
dimensions (7) 18 Involve eastern doctor
getting registered fuel (7) 20 Plant is current
in county (8) 22 Do leave front inside
to some extent (6) 25 Beats grooves around
circle (5) 26 Nausea in lions – pure
chaos (9) 28 Fruit in a recent mixture (9) 29 Poked around feature,
on the day (5)
Down
1 Rushed to the chimney,
by the sound of it (4) 2 Go too far, finding Dover
terribly old (6) 3 Left deformed stem inside
something valuable (8) 4 A pot initially concealed
garden pest (5) 5 River varies true shape (9) 6 A professor is a handsome
youngster (6) 7 Mention transport and
leave stuff in plane (3,5) 8 Tell friend in
a casual way (10) 13 Friend retains composition
for composer (10) 15 Exotic food brings celebrity
benefit (4,5) 17 Rugby chump is drunk,
having new drink (3-5) 19 Crying about resistance
fighting (8) 21 Hungary’s capital upsetting Russia, removing one horseman (6) 23 Craving shirt, wasted
time (6) 24 Peers off in a wild binge (5) 27 Uncovered a painting (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Embankment (5) 10 Currency
symbol (5,4) 11 Skilled author (9) 12 Tortilla chip (5) 13 Elementary
particle (6) 14 Percussion
instrument (4,4) 16 Of most
magnitude (7) 18 Deeply involve (7) 20 Plant eaten as
vegetable (8) 22 Not entirely (6) 25 Defeats
conclusively (5) 26 Disgust (9) 28 Soft fruit (9) 29 Pried (5) Down 1 Went by plane (4) 2 Exaggerate (6) 3 Jewel (8) 4 Small bug (5) 5 Asian river (9) 6 Beautiful youth (6) 7 Plane’s freight (3,5) 8 In a casual way (10) 13 Italian composer (10) 15 Exotic food (4,5) 17 Alcoholic drink (3-5) 19 Fighting (8) 21 Hungarian
horseman (6) 23 Need for liquid (6) 24 Indulgent activity (5) 27 Naked (4)