SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE
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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 on January 6.
SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES Across
9 Nowadays has time for a maxim (5) 10 Togas confused with cloak? He’ll get the blame (9) 11 Curiously, said deadly sin deviated (9) 12 Mention judge briefly to queen (5) 13 Antipodean wife sent out mob to a junction (6) 14 Raincoat on that man’s doctor shows laddishness (8) 16 Indulgent, allowed nine to run in (7) 18 Washing French articles, no longer wet (7) 20 Wild nag in condition to do nothing (8) 22 Principal design for plates (6) 25 Manor laid out for old Italian (5) 26 Rushed to get some eggs for breakfast (9) 28 Wheels broke before reaching another location (9) 29 Digit hard to get into apple, say (5)
Down
1 Not happy around nudists’ first beach (4) 2 Frenchman behind wood needs an ointment (6) 3 Capital strike never ends, to a degree (8) 4 Like a writer, no evergreen (5) 5 Dog takes lad round to see predator (4,5) 6 Lack of newly-woven thread (6) 7 Bewildered prison inmate burnt out (8) 8 Hi-fi variety is a cliché (10) 13 Rest folded into purse in banking area (4,6) 15 Declares soldiers to be diplomats (9) 17 Ran back with English girl to get a close shave (4,4) 19 Best friend follows turn to left – it varies (8) 21 Boy returns with novel without an update (2,4) 23 Friend to attempt trifling (6) 24 About to rule out being savage (5) 27 Foolishly tied to what one eats (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Short saying (5) 10 Whipping boy (9) 11 Didn’t tally (9) 12 Allude to (5) 13 Burrowing marsupial (6) 14 Aggressive chauvinism (8) 16 Tolerant (7) 18 Washroom (7) 20 Lie dormant (8) 22 Metal fastener (6) Last week’s answer: 9 25 Former empire (5) 26 Clawed one’s way (9) 28 In a different place (9) 29 Number (5)
Down
1 Loose, granular substance (4) 2 Medicinal resin (6) 3 Serbian capital (8) 4 Poplar (5) 5 Bird of prey (4,5) 6 Scarcity (6) 7 Befuddled (8) 8 Oversimplified image (10) 13 New York’s financial district (4,6) 15 Political leaders (9) 17 Narrowly avoided collision (4,4) 19 Final (8) 21 Lack of tidings (2,4) 23 Insignificant (6) 24 Inhuman (5) 27 Food regime (4)