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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

8 Transport aid without last amount (6) 9 Somehow, rabbi is able to provide defence (8) 10 Feeble game at home, left inside (8) 11 I can’t mix phosphorus and some mint (6) 12 Notices agents (5) 13 Heard bucket is lacking colour (4) 14 Rushed to find photograph (4) 16 A very quiet nobleman reported cheer (7) 18 Denied safety device is in shade (7) 20 Sound happy to turn up resistance, twice (4) 21 Plunder large room, say (4) 22 Join figures to make sense (3,2) 25 Exhibitor in the rain (6) 27 Good boy mocks finery (4,4) 28 Forced to reveal way to change floors (8) 29 Rise, like money (6)

Down

1 Youngster takes quiet turn in exercise (4-2) 2 Ruler getting opportunit­y to roll back (10) 3 Guides providing things like this (5) 4 Terrible slab may break (7) 5 Insect gets queen a bowler, say (9) 6 Greeting lieutenant in shaft (4) 7 Singer to stop one wrong note (8) 14 Excellent course gets accompanim­ent (10) 15 Hairy tout distribute­d influence (9) 17 Advertise, then ditch, bathroom feature (8) 19 Keen to include a country (7) 23 Pressing desire to get book (6) 24 Carriage includes a quantity of diamonds (5) 26 Greeting seen by the coast (4)

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