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 Youngster in charge gets into shape (5) 4 Male bears frolicked in the light (5,4) 9 Mention landlord in overseas message (3,6) 10 May show impressive strength (5) 11 Feeble, working for company (6) 12 Virginia has netted solution to bitter quarrel (8) 14 Nice latch turned out to be complicated (9) 15 Large apes sadly in decline (5) 17 Drink to detectives with hesitation (5) 19 Philanderer is more smart about land (9) 22 Predecessors took new stance by railway (8) 24 Preserving dog in greenhouse, initially (6) 26 Flower in fuchsia’s terrain (5) 27 I am fond of being unprejudiced (9) 28 Temporary energy to help mare out (9) 29 Plum production, variable and uneven (5)
Down
1 Talk about city transport (7) 2 Undisguised, having removed beard (9) 3 Caught bird displaying V stripe (7) 4 Flutes concealing another instrument (4) 5 It’s most illuminating, by the way (6,4) 6 Engineers’ pattern to give new structure (7) 7 Rowers of importance, but not initially (5) 8 Change the name of a gas (7) 13 Environmentalist to point to firm yoga position (3-7) 16 Misses imp terribly, expecting the worst (9) 17 Farce – more than one becomes a game (7) 18 Sort out strange place to make a speech (7) 20 Bland tune composed by artist next to lake (7) 21 Impressively registered, say, by friend (7) 23 Take pet to church for a game (5) 25 Old friend gets a stone (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Having threedimensional shape (5) 4 Intense ray of light (5,4) 9 Paper folded for postage (3,6) 10 Great power (5) 11 Weakly (6) 12 Family feud (8) 14 Specialised (9) 15 Temporary failure (5) 17 Alcoholic drink (5) 19 Don Juan (9) 22 Ethnic descent (8) 24 Restoring to health (6) 26 Michaelmas daisy (5) 27 Without prejudice (9) 28 Short-lived (9) 29 Knobbly (5)
Down
1 Horse-drawn vehicle (7) 2 Shameless (9) 3 V-shaped stripe (7) 4 Stringed instrument (4) 5 Roadside illumination (6,4) 6 Change form of (7) 7 Number (5) 8 Greenhouse gas (7) 13 Environmental activist (3-7) 16 Negative thinking (9) 17 Absurd pretence (7) 18 Raised platform (7) 20 Disengaged gear position (7) 21 In a majestic way (7) 23 Seize (5) 25 Gemstone (4)