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
9 Due to paddling, topless (5)
10 Illumination around new weather feature (9)
11 Speaker to advance on dog (9)
12 In the morning, your and my affair (5)
13 Best expert coming back in as reinforcement (6)
14 Hitman finding fools at home (8)
16 Limit – set one on a group of soldiers (7)
18 Old equipment, new aim – art (7)
20 No mitten ordered in preparation (8)
22 Betting present is a ball (6)
25 Unruly word about coordinate (5)
26 Move chap embracing sentimental middleman (2-7)
28 Save banal convertible where frigates are moored (5,4)
29 Got excited about American relish (5)
Down
1 Behold sons’ deprivation (4)
2 New remit has British tone (6)
3 Not knowing grain, not used (8)
4 Mistake a bit of fabric (5)
5 Roger sags terribly, seeing attacker (9)
6 Zero power returned to a capital (6)
7 Body of water – a moister form (5,3)
8 Enhance gag about sardine, somehow (10)
13 Our ambient composition for percussion (10)
15 Minder got a different animal (5,4)
17 Lengthy greeting still used for the World Service (4,4)
19 I am favourite, and I leave an infection (8)
21 Short-lived creature might travel (6)
23 Still like this, all the same (4,2)
24 Dramatist is capturing key space (5)
27 Time is negative, and its reverse (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Being indebted to (5)
10 Weather phenomenon (9)
11 Low frequency speaker (9)
12 Love affair (5)
13 Shoe part (6)
14 Killer (8)
16 Supplementary soldiers (7)
18 Japanese art (7)
20 Lotion (8)
22 Globe (6)
25 Disorderly (5)
26 Mediator (2-7)
28 Military seaport (5,4)
29 Enthusiasm (5)
Down
1 Misplacement (4)
2 Sound quality (6)
3 Uneducated (8)
4 Lint (5)
5 Assailant (9)
6 Canadian capital (6)
7 Body of water by Australia (5,3)
8 Increase status of (10)
13 Percussion instrument (10)
15 Female farm animal (5,4)
17 Radio frequency (4,4)
19 Skin infection (8)
21 Short-lived insect (6)
23 Nevertheless (4,2)
24 Norwegian playwright (5)
27 Midday (4)