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 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)