The Scottish Mail on Sunday

SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE WIN £250

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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

8 Hidden curve at a couple of points (6)

9 Game making worker dance (8)

10 New decree about doctor at the end of the year (8)

11 Tribute to Brussels record by your leader (6)

12 Wimbledon favourite has time to get horse (5)

13 Incentive to have money (4)

14 Spur putting pressure on staff (4)

16 Homework help is settled beforehand (7)

18 Arrange tour with gem connoisseu­r (7)

20 Mark’s out of mascara (4)

21 Prisoner finds his heart is in money (4)

22 Settee for dynasty’s first tsar (5)

25 A hovel, including very last shelter (6)

27 Artisan can, with common name (8)

28 Confront wolves – that improves the complexion (4,4)

29 Fled, exhausted (3,3)

Down

1 Grant involved taking English silver (6)

2 Willing goalie is an estate employee (10)

3 That woman’s bored, initially, by small plants (5)

4 Arch rebuilt by the French prince (7)

5 Design that’s a child of necessity? (9)

6 Biblical sibling sounds competent (4)

7 Weary European national supporter (8)

14 I’m paternal about some owls (10)

15 Filling mice meant trouble (9)

17 Musician sways sailor (4,4)

19 Brand concealing first error (7) 23 Sly descriptio­n of literary dodger (6)

24 One torn apart in opening (5)

26 Vegetable is smooth when front is removed (4)

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