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

1 Type of ring, we hear, for small bird (6) 4 Wave card to get a biscuit (8) 10 Article in northern river is to show effect of age (7) 11 Peg out in heathland getting more grumpy (7) 12 Work during the Parisian spring (4) 13 Novel stagnation? Not with this character (10) 15 Curly perm and cut by a 1950s tearaway is planned in advance (12) 18 Excellent railway building where I replaced one, shunning ladders perhaps (12) 23 Utensil miser misrepresented in an exchange of letters (10) 24 Man meets Irish person who is next in line (4) 26 Grand changes to Extraterrestrial search (7) 27 After a month one is digested by brown alien (7) 28 Light bun crumbling between the edges (8) 29 Loudly criticise spot father cleared for Henry (6)

DOWN

1 Lowers part of face to fragrant plants (8) 2 Clutches Greek fruit (8) 3 English company keeps hard copy (4) 5 Choreographed move of young sheep to a male parent (7) 6 Open Gothic construct that is pleasing to snap at (10) 7 A police department in charge is sharp (6) 8 Catherine bringing in artist for kicks (6) 9 Nation has letter accepted by leaders of British Industry (6) 14 Disgust about dog’s name, name retained by expert (10) 16 Humorous verse involving fruit given to Richard (8) 17 Crane working behind hospital department way in (8) 19 Correction of traitor beset by hesitations (7) 20 Selenium added to identical seed (6) 21 Remarks for the audience, like March 15 in Julius Caesar (6) 22 Function on the sea and land (6) 25 French cheese, from Brazil that is (4)