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 Sunday.

SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES Across

8 Fixed price on European formula (6) 9 Hungry bird round urban sprawl, at first (8) 10 Negotiating deal, flog expensive coat (4,4) 11 Apple-coloured? (6) 12 Transplant is a lot of effort (5) 13 Performs part of the bible (4) 14 Rush out of dispute, arguing (4) 16 Philanthropy that begins at home (7) 18 A need is developing for flavour (7) 20 Raid loses nothing in conflict (4) 21 Father, at home, is a nuisance (4) 22 Loathing element – not sulphur (5) 25 Emblem worn by large bottle (6) 27 Need a tie to be ordered for captive (8) 28 Jeopardise conclusion with rage (8) 29 Very busy being restrained (4,2)

Down

1 Frenchman about to get black, for him (6) 2 Forbid rep working with unknown Merlin, say (4,2,4) 3 Principle of reversibility? (5) 4 Hole in old tree returning diamonds (7) 5 Wearing out terrible souvenir? Good! (9) 6 The burden we bear (4) 7 Able to calculate neater form with internal hesitation (8) 14 Assessor in club after trial (4,6) 15 Post sent out to a new god, terribly intermittent (4-3-2) 17 Strict, breaking in her lad (8) 19 Pantomime character finds them in the fireplace (7) 23 American fuel turned out to be practical (6) 24 Condition of Virginia, say (5) 26 Strange arrangement without clothing (4)