SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE
PLAY ISPY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO 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
1 Quote is reported, in a sense (5) 4 Musical group finds a cheap ring (5,4) 9 Nihilist ran a new church first (9) 10 Drive back to see film about parking (5) 11 Gold isn’t different from capital (6) 12 Wildly ranting about nothing, knowing nothing (8) 14 Actor tearing ad apart (9) 15 Fix me up somewhere to rest (5) 17 Boy gets record for returning part of bicycle (5) 19 Refraining from an inclination isn’t wrong inside (9) 22 Corrupt military group found in kitchen (4,4) 24 University lecturer finds the aim of literature (6) 26 Visiting, get some sandwiches (5) 27 Plug is averted, in a way (9) 28 Beau runs beyond fir (9) 29 The old soldiers come in, bringing back foe (5)
Down
1 Mammal, with insect, helps keep water out (7) 2 Informant to come down to prairie (9) 3 Diplomacy to lie about being touchy-feely (7) 4 Section contains a thing that’s enticing (4) 5 Adversary in a book is not running after silver (10) 6 Miser finds credit in goose production (7) 7 Foreign character has laugh behind mountain (5) 8 Performed with instrument that got weakened (7) 13 Pitied a lad, about to cause ruin (10) 16 Lead dissolved in solution in a poor state (9) 17 Local fare found in rhyme (3,4) 18 Clean two French and one German article (7) 20 Lacking diamonds, having thawed out (3-4) 21 Try eels out in an abrupt way (7) 23 Impertinent when covered in gravy (5) 25 Very enthusiastic diva is performing (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Vision (5) 4 Wind ensemble (5,4) 9 Believer in disorder (9) 10 Force back (5) 11 Capital of Texas (6) 12 Lacking knowledge (8) 14 Player of sad roles (9) 15 Fix firmly (5) 17 Foot lever (5) 19 Self-denying (9) 22 Kitchen cupboard (4,4) 24 Lecturer (6) 26 Spherical (5) 27 Publicise (9) 28 Male companion (9) 29 Opponent (5)
Down
1 Waterproofing material (7) 2 Grazing terrain (9) 3 Relating to touch (7) 4 Enticement (4) 5 Hostile person (10) 6 Mean person (7) 7 Greek letter (5) 8 Watered down (7) 13 Cause to deteriorate (10) 16 Poorest living condition (9) 17 Bar food (3,4) 18 Wash (7) 20 Devoid of frozen water (3-4) 21 Using few words (7) 23 Suggestive (5) 25 Showing keen interest (4)
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