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
1 Science gives copper, say, an illness (10) 6 Georgia’s taken in editor’s archaic oath (4) 9 Opening (not new) to talk about a bit of a hairstyle (6,4) 10 Henry gets farthing, or 50 percent of it (4) 11 Note endless crisis to the East making a fresh appearance (2-9) 15 A bad actor gets nothing when coming back to Nebraska town (5) 16 New worker knocked top off pail in US resort (9) 18 Bookmaker in bar where relish is off (9) 19 Leave party as love is involved? Splendid (4-1) 20 Eye defect is a disgrace with mist spreading (11) 24 Name one developing an element (4) 25 Try out spy about five, disorganised and head over heels (5-5) 26 Take action repeatedly to find extinct creature (4) 27 Food item thrown at Schubert (10)
DOWN
1 Have to support motorway cut (4) 2 Neat time to carry out DIY (4) 3 Tremulous warble before a ruler reveals illegal behaviour (3-8) 4 Then put me out as the latest in a long line (9) 5 Woman has good run (5) 7 Old girl getting a measure of speed, make it fast with this (6,4) 8 About 50 ratting in move to one side (10) 12 Drug abuse for example knocked back striker in hardfought fixture (6,5) 13 Criticised company meeting with politician – Daniel is outraged (10) 14 Greens talk at length of do in disarray (6,4) 17 Russians growing about 100 of this type of flower (9) 21 Battle outfit’s not right for love (5) 22 Awful child of British traitor (4) 23 Slightly rattled at inclusion of girl (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Study of ore (10) 6 Old-fashioned swear word (4) 9 Point of hair over the forehead (6,4) 10 One over two (4) 11 Further manifestation (2-9) 15 Nebraskan city (5) 16 Island off Cape Cod (9) 18 Distributor of literature (9) 19 Expression of pleasure (4-1) 20 Lens defect (11) 24 Fluorescent light (4) 25 Incorrectly orientated (5-5) 26 Extinct bird (4) 27 Italian open sandwich (10)
DOWN
1 Shortened, like grass (4) 2 Trim (4) 3 Criminal activity (3-8) 4 Latest of many (9) 5 Elegance (5) 7 Way of tying ropes (6,4) 8 Act of brushing aside (10) 12 Game with an angry aspect (6,5) 13 Moaned (10) 14 Salad, insultingly (6,4) 17 One in love with themselves (9) 21 French affection (5) 22 Annoying kid (4) 23 Northern Lights heroine (4)