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 Film about British revolutionary (5) 4 Had a feeling about dodgy journalist (9) 9 Type of exam that’s likely to succeed (9) 10 It comes out periodically that he’s funny (5) 11 International group still not consistent (6) 12 Of various kinds, when arranged (8) 14 Each evidence of murder – that’s all (9) 15 Three turned out to be solvent (5) 17 Record nothing at a nightclub (5) 19 Venture clue is solved in succession (9) 22 Bet-taker negotiated our price (8) 24 Save engineers with small signal (6) 26 Bishop left mischievous child a balloon (5) 27 Performing story, only having to pay later (2,7) 28 Youngster right to join American firm that makes wine (9) 29 Blade that turns both ways (5)

Down 1 Joy is completely fascinated by Yorkshire river (7) 2 Praise gets feeble when beyond criticism (9) 3 Left semiaquatic mammal at your first raffle (7) 4 Stay, not having time to get ill (4) 5 Professed to have cut one’s own hair (4-6) 6 Space near circle (7) 7 Entice office worker with first titbit (5) 8 Final test of French drink (7) 13 Exuberant, getting bruises too, sadly (10) 16 Chief to peer at a tally of people (9) 17 Month to spread bile to make some noise (7) 18 Theoretically in black and white (2,5) 20 Employed transport like a particular salesman (4,3) 21 Opt for gold constituent (7) 23 Loathing for too much hesitation around island (5) 25 Harold gets nothing but a ring (4)