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 next Sunday.

SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Godsend, having right element (5)

4 Learnt note is red, surprisingly (9)

9 Sailor finding main old problem is gastric (9)

10 Track is small and meagre (5) 11 Crustacean next to cross (6) 12 Spies graduate holding a race for bread (8)

14 Await development seen broadcast in another language (9)

15 A number enjoy something (5) 17 Name that’s not worth much (5) 19 After pay increase, he will run riot (5,4)

22 A glib fellow, before getting rich (8)

24 Fixed a form of electricity (6) 26 Object of night manoeuvre (5) 27 Trendy chap takes answer seriously (2,7)

28 Tried playing record first in disgrace (9)

29 Religious man has Spanish greeting distributed (5)

Down

1 Care about flying mammal going round climbing mammal (7) 2 Dangerous emission transformed into a raid (9)

3 New aim corrected endless prejudice in the country (7) 4 Explosive that’s not yours (4) 5 Medium tail manipulated using audio and video (10)

6 Friend lifted first unopened flower (7)

7 Call for report about union (5) 8 Not active, porter loses zero time (7)

13 Almost tolerating opinion, remember (4,2,4)

16 Huge aquatic creature shows a mark of authority (5,4)

17 Factory with journalist embedded (7)

18 Not as old as old French article with odd grey exterior (7)

20 Logged conclusion about tree cultivation (7)

21 Went ahead getting new coat detected (7)

23 Loud fabrications from pilots (5) 25 Invested with some underwear (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across

1 Element number five (5)

4 Learnt by heart (9) 9 Of the stomach (9) 10 Track (5) 11 Bad-tempered (6) 12 Italian bread (8) 14 Asian (9)

15 Number (5)

17 Coin (5)

19 Cause a disturbance (5,4)

22 Wealthy (8) 24 Motionless (6) 26 Object (5)

27 Not joking (2,7) 28 Dishonour (9) 29 Shared out (5)

Down

1 Red panda (7) 2 Emission of energy (9) 3 African country (7) 4 Belonging to me (4) 5 Using more than one platform (10)

6 Unopened flower (7)

7 Yell (5)

8 Slumbering (7) 13 Remember (4,2,4) 16 Highest state guarantee (5,4)

17 Put in the ground (7) 18 Of less age (7)

20 Went in (7)

21 Found (7)

23 Insects (5) 25 Undergarment (4)

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iSpy winner October 11: Norman Taylor, of Sale, Greater Manchester. iSpy winner October 18: David Berkley, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Last week’s answer: 10