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
1 Steal pub, getting profit (7)
5 Excellent time to get down (7)
10 Take off small paddle (4)
11 Brave lies about duke
being spoken (10)
12 Mad soldiers, with time indeed (8) 13 Queen is returning a pigment (6) 14 Mark isn’t worried about answer (5) 16 Berate fox, disgusting
and gross (6,3)
19 Knock European means
of propulsion (9)
21 Churlish, initially, impolite
and coarse (5)
23 Crazy sort of lament (6)
25 Victory song by new church
shows discrepancy (8)
27 Fuel unaffected gossip (7,3)
28 Taken time to go round
English garden (4)
29 Small fish for the boss (7)
30 Escort prisoner on Channel (7)
Down
2 3 Nowadays honour a brick (5)
Terrible danger in Gerald’s first hobby (9)
4 Request object in different vein (6) 6 Meadow has fellow notice what’s wrong with it (4,4)
7 A quarry outside part of America (5) 8 Environmental eccentric has permission to work (5,4)
9 Gently hold a bed (6)
15 Deal with old money and logo (9)
17 Organ, noticeable, is held back (9)
18 Wastage makes small errand boy sick
to his stomach (8)
20 Zero devouring silver
for a flavour (6)
22 Al heading off outside to
create artwork (6)
24 Time on backside
in winning suit (5)
26 Tossing coin, Catholic gets
in shape (5)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Cheap item (7) 5 Feathers (7) 10 Glide (4) 11 Put into words (10) 12 Insane (8) 13 Yellowish-brown
pigment (6)
14 Blemish (5)
16 Without deductions (6,3) 19 Flat-bottomed
boat propeller (9) 21 Unrefined (5)
23 Of the mind (6)
25 Difference (8)
27 Flammable fuel (7,3) 28 English county (4) 29 Captain (7)
30 Behaviour (7)
Down
2 Type of brick (5)
3 Outdoor activity (9)
4 Summon (6)
6 Plant disease (4,4) 7 US state (5)
8 Work permit (5,4)
9 Crib (6)
15 Brand name (9)
17 Set aside (9)
18 Amount wasted (8)
20 Plant similar
to parsley (6) 22 Wall-painting (6) 24 Most important suit in cards (5) 26 Of a particular shape (5)