The Scottish Mail on Sunday

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 Brightest star in terminal phase (5) 4 Rents fuel out, and bitter (9)

9 Right rip-off, French article

in give-away (9)

10 Silver inside for

every radio device (5)

11 Procure boat layout at home (6) 12 Son wept, taking

point as written (8)

14 Everything about marble

set off warning (5,4)

15 Suggestive of a vinaigrett­e? (5)

17 Loser switched parts (5)

19 Taste posh concoction

without delay (4-5)

22 Fire corporal, say, for dance (8)

24 Gallery window (6)

26 Polite about ordinary citizens (5) 27 Purchase commodity, say,

as a consequenc­e (2-7)

28 Hide star before

getting protection (9)

29 Chicken, say, in a film (5)

Down

1 A politician joins artist,

having laugh in jug (7)

2 Depict celebratio­n as a game (9)

3 Main problem is muddled

head in primitive belief (7)

4 More educated about grass (4)

5 Dumbstruck without address (10) 6 Family sleeps outside

in tableware (7)

7 Struggle to escape, left out (5)

8 Registered university student turned aimlessly, in a sensationa­l manner (7)

13 Spied new telegram

that’s loathsome (10)

16 A French canape may be

disagreeab­le in taste (9)

17 Somehow force America to

pay attention again (7)

18 Explosive answer

about varnish (7)

20 Bird to scream outside

– too bad (4,3)

21 Old German prince

to choose gold (7)

23 Total vindicatio­n

about chipmunk (5)

25 Turned to small joke (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Greek letter (5)

4 Aggrieved (9)

9 Advantage (9)

10 Bleeper (5)

11 Get (6)

12 Written for broadcast (8)

14 Warning sound (5,4)

15 Bawdy (5)

17 Actor’s parts (5)

19 As quickly as possible (4-5)

22 Type of dance (8)

24 Art gallery (6)

26 Courteous (5)

27 Side effect (2-7)

28 UV protection (9)

29 Stratum (5)

Down

1 Greek jar (7)

2 Military combat game (9)

3 Supernatur­al belief (7)

4 Water plant (4)

5 Lost for words (10)

6 Serviettes (7)

7 Brawl (5)

8 In a graphic way (7)

13 Hateful (10)

16 Disreputab­le (9)

17 Concentrat­e again (7)

18 Resinous substance (7)

20 Nocturnal

creature (4,3)

21 Voter (7)

23 Man’s name (5)

25 Twisted (4)

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