SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE
WIN £250
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
9 Rota worked out to accommodate Catholic performer (5) 10 Tendency initially transformed into arid custom (9) 11 Invest in European copper in pastel form (9) 12 Put pressure on delicate material (5) 13 Respectful husband sends mule with key (6) 14 Sailor posted directions because he’s not there (8) 16 Migrant is crazy to throw coin out (7) 18 Caught oral performance that is providing some energy (7) 20 Bury victory by a novice and pause (8) 22 Emphasis on form of pronunciation (6) 25 Engineers left in charge of keepsake (5) 26 Poet’s oath involved a specialist (9) 28 Snarled if travelling in part of the Netherlands (9) 29 School students get yours truly to hum (5)
DOWN
1 Register to get a fish (4) 2 Old power source has right to flow (6) 3 Ill at ease, seeing the first currency note (8) 4 Homeless pet to keep going round river (5) 5 Daily support for a work of fiction (9) 6 Stupid to put pressure on the French during depression (6) 7 Woman stares wildly at calamity (8) 8 A decent net – improvement on a forerunner (10) 13 Useful vessel, by the sound of it, for domestic activity (10) 15 A long coat fashioned in a particular shape (9) 17 Encountered lilac form, like platinum, say (8) 19 Defeat with broken car gets point in sport (8) 21 Vacation in an alcove (6) 23 Terribly mean to the Spanish – that’s very hard (6) 24 Room to devote time to learning (5) 27 Opening is complete, according to hearsay (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES ACROSS
9 Thespian (5) 10 Long-established custom (9) 11 Form a theory (9) 12 Location (5) 13 Self-effacing (6) 14 Missing person (8) 16 Wandering (7) 18 Unit of heat energy (7) 20 Break in activity (8) 22 Pronunciation (6) 25 Souvenir (5) 26 Bone manipulator (9) 28 Province of the Netherlands (9) 29 Aroma (5)
DOWN
1 Lowest male singing voice (4) 2 Small river (6) 3 Beset by difficulties (8) 4 Homeless animal (5) 5 Type of book (9) 6 Small depression (6) 7 Natural catastrophe (8) 8 Preceding in time (10) 13 Decorative work (10) 15 Eight-sided (9) 17 Tinny (8) 19 Team game (8) 21 Hollow space (6) 23 Tooth covering (6) 24 Research (5) 27 Cavity (4)
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iSpy winner September 10: Maggie Rostill, of Shenley, Hertfordshire. Last week’s answer: 11