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 Dress software, terribly

real (7)

5 Unpleasant, performing gig

in chaotic ship (7)

10 Sound exhausted – criticise

junction (4)

11 Teach elbow to move seaside

item (5,5)

12 Hot review, approximate yet

meticulous (8)

13 Change group of musicians

at gallery (6)

14 Jewel to surpass all

characters (5)

16 In the morning, finish –

intended to lose a revision (9)

19 Go unconsciously to break

weak spell (9)

21 Returning, attack your first

book (5)

23 Permissible flaw – forced

to turn left (6)

25 Spoil one occasion that’s

nautical (8)

27 Second woman on panel gets

means of transport (10)

28 New primate showing a bit

of neck (4)

29 Wild anger about university

student finding particle (7)

30 Interfering person sounds like

a successful athlete (7)

Down

2 Unfortunate chap has nothing

to cook (5)

3 Argue, mixing claret

and tea (9)

4 Rules about capturing British

mountain (6)

6 Harsh, developing

inane hum (8)

7 Mortar caused Germany’s

initial defeat (5)

8 Saccharine as an incentive (9)

9 Understand length (6)

15 Rail token used for a ship (3,6)

17 Tom denies somehow having

added water (9)

18 Possess tag – nothing

fancy (3,5)

20 Reported burden of

the back (6)

22 Rugged form of bitterness (6)

24 Enjoyment, having taken

to bed (5)

26 Palm confused with

English tree (5)