SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE

WIN £250

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

8 Old Frenchman in nice change in salary (6) 9 Instrument seen in wine outside (8) 10 About to honour show-off such as Wagner (8) 11 Terrible din by Scot and Asian (6) 12 Award given for being lamed, sadly (5) 13 Yield a plant ovule, we hear (4) 14 Set plan around current location (4) 16 Lad free to run from central government (7) 18 Manage to stop being loyal (7) 20 Loud part of the play, that’s true (4) 21 Implement for returning stolen goods (4) 22 A portal made of very hard stone (5) 25 Shout for some wood (6) 27 Hunter sent padre out to hill (8) 28 Firm put rose design on stringed instrument (8) 29 Greek form of trance (6)

DOWN

1 Poles slide slowly into sleep (6) 2 Smug, firm politician gets material on book (10) 3 Stunt includes small and large meal (5) 4 Mark to allow a vivid shade (7) 5 Obvious old statement from politicians (9) 6 Turn a handle and gain a daughter (4) 7 Inept cad turned out to be academic (8) 14 Unripe food displayed by bad loser (4,6) 15 Tiny organism formed a cute brim (9) 17 Test setter, formerly a collier (8) 19 Mental fixation is difficult to understand (7) 23 21 gets a kiss below the neck (6) 24 Magistrates find somewhere to sit (5) 26 Key auction item is a disgrace (4)

TO ENTER: Complete the Crossword and count how many times the letter ‘i’ appears in the grid. Then text LANCELOT followed by a space, your answer, name and postcode to 65700, eg LANCELOT 9 John Smith W8 5TT. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. To enter by phone, call 0905 652 2140 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. See below for terms and conditions. Phone and text Helpline 0808 272 0808.

iSpy winner March 19: Martin Trott, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Last week’s answer: 8