SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE
PLAY ISPY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO 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
8 Gender not troubling churchman (6) 9 Difficult to reproduce a printed version (4,4) 10 Fellow or deranged fan (8) 11 Leave owls out as union tactic (2-4) 12 Beg to remove London area tree (5) 13 Cancel socialists’ initial summit (4) 14 Understanding graveyard’s first epitaph (4) 16 Humble church with a strange nest (7) 18 Garment for a hot person (7) 20 Harm skin around limbs (4) 21 Social media message, not finally sentimental (4) 22 Timid start, feeble, showing little change (5) 25 Attendant to the French couple (2,4) 27 Changes are going in style (8) 28 Boiling sea, for this writer, is scary (8) 29 Ferryman putting tea on (6)
Down
1 Concerning change of address being separate (6) 2 Across the entire price range, whatever it takes (2,3,5) 3 Recognises feature in report (5) 4 Try this out, if needing a drink (7) 5 Prof gnaws cooked eggs (9) 6 Performs part of the bible (4) 7 Work at river location, or its counterpart (8) 14 Scottish sewing gala is organised (10) 15 Army man in counter manoeuvre (9) 17 Hero getting that woman solving clues (8) 19 Simulated feeding frenzy (7) 23 Flower for a warrior (6) 24 Train or bus (5) 26 Artist pursuing gold for distinctive quality (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
8 Church worker (6) 9 Printed version (4,4) 10 Disciple (8) 11 Industrial action (2-4) 12 Type of tree (5) 13 Cease (4) 14 Grasp (4) 16 Subdue (7) 18 Jumper (7) 20 Weapons (4) 21 Sentimental (4) 22 Slightly adjust (5) 25 Live-in help (2,4) 27 Architectural period (8) 28 Frightening (8) 29 River Styx ferryman (6)
Down
1 Take away (6) 2 Whatever it takes (2,3,5) 3 Understands (5) 4 Needing a drink (7) 5 Amphibian’s eggs (9) 6 Deeds (4) 7 Contrary (8) 14 Scot (10) 15 Roman officer (9) 17 Greek hero (8) 19 Pretended (7) 23 South American river (6) 24 Bus (5) 26 Atmosphere (4)