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 week.

SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

9 New remit for religious attire (5) 10 Journey round old shop, circulating carrier (9)

11 Stupid nose in varying size (9) 12 Yawns, switching pages (5) 13 Bully broke torch, capturing her heart (6)

14 More salacious dossier has badly hit Republican (8)

16 Left the cow out – simple (3-4) 18 Behave outrageously as a butcher? (3,2,2)

20 Torn off that woman’s name, to a point (8)

22 Cheeky, losing gold article – a blade (6)

25 Large omen gets broadcast – that’s sharp (5)

26 Old region reports complete environmental problem (5,4) 28 Unacceptable, Edward surrounds comedian, fooled (9)

29 Keen to swap in one for a mountain (5)

Down

1 In the middle of mad performance, I rushed in (4) 2 A male in charge at a very small level (6)

3 Embargo includes English and European rake (8)

4 Act it out in the loft (5)

5 Frank shows depressed side (9)

6 Drunkard gets swine a plug (6) 7 Move, having work left to steal (8)

8 Mark is perhaps too complicated (10)

13 Harold joins fellow admiral in hold (4-6)

15 Burn a great deal, hollowing the pudding (9)

17 Fellow employee to function with different team (8) 19 Manufacturer has caught the Spanish fish (8)

21 Laugh with new king – that is something to be sneezed at (6) 23 Even if finished, no resistance (6)

24 Disorderly word about coordinate (5)

27 Amateur only hides money (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

9 Bishop’s headdress (5) 10 Military transporter (9) 11 Measurable extent (9) 12 Stares open-mouthed (5) 13 Trojan prince (6)

14 More dirty (8)

16 Relatively unsophisticated (3-4)

18 Act in an exaggerated way (3,2,2) 20 From a particular compass point (8)

22 Crop-cutting tool (6) 25 Citrus fruit (5)

26 Upper atmospheric problem (5,4) 28 Deceived by greater ingenuity (9) 29 Swiss Alpine mountain (5)

Down

1 Surrounded by (4) 2 Nuclear (6)

3 Tall, thin person (8) 4 Garret (5)

5 Blunt (9)

6 Small peg or plug (6)

7 Steal from a store (8) 8 Punctuation mark (10)

13 Wrestling hold (4-6) 15 Pudding with stewed fruit (9) 17 Office colleague (8) 19 Food fish (8)

21 Fabric square for blowing one’s nose (6)

23 Despite the fact that (6)

24 Boisterous (5) 27 Currency unit (4)

iSpy winner December 1: William Dowling, of Sandhurst, Berkshire. Last week’s answer: 9

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