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
1 Detailed description is about European type (7)
5 Fellow left a little bit in storm (7)
10 Conflict includes energy and sport (4)
11 Make sure to indicate a feature of a border (10)
12 Spy son is rewriting summary (8)
13 Sidekick returned present and sat around inside (6)
14 A shilling and a pound for a mollusc (5)
16 Alter both reforms in engagement (9)
19 Minder to watch evidence of murder first (9)
21 Catches sight of acne (5)
23 Countenance six by wise man (6)
25 Cruel graduate right to repeat one note (8)
27 Superficial clip – miss it terribly (10)
28 A method for being on holiday (4)
29 At home, greet new number (7)
30 After intermission, queen gets a wave (7)
Down
2 Shame about eastern devotion (5)
3 Rover, on Mars, is lethal to cats (9)
4 Old copper points to defence (6)
6 Man, inexperienced, returning married and indifferent (8)
7 About to redesign a submarine (1-4)
8 Son cannot broadcast an F, say (9)
9 Tenant getting not as many keys (6)
15 Everyday estimate, unfinished, working in aid (9)
17 VIP in the fruit business? (3,6)
18 Young Jack, ultraviolet by English river (8)
20 Discount beer at compound (6)
22 Couple by river, having a drink (6)
24 Struggle to take leaders out of some fruit (5)
26 Different aim, say – returning reflection (5)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Taxonomic unit (7)
5 Move impatiently (7)
10 Have on (4)
11 Security barrier (10)
12 Precis (8)
13 Holmes’s
companion (6)
14 Marine creature (5)
16 Engagement (9)
19 Protector (9)
21 Notices (5)
23 Face (6)
25 Savage (8)
27 Facile (10)
28 Not at home (4)
29 Number (7)
30 Heavy wave (7)
Down
2 Religious devotion (5)
3 Inquisitiveness (9)
4 Pardon (6)
6 Tepid (8)
7 German submarine (1-4)
8 Type of letter (9)
9 Tenant (6)
15 Daily (9)
17 Chief (3,6)
18 Adolescent (8)
20 Discount (6)
22 Alcoholic drink (6)
24 Fruit (5)
26 Picture (5)
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