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 £25

ACROSS

1 Heard someone making fun of coffee (5) 4 Coerce into joining reporters (5-4) 9 Lucky escape not far from object (4,5) 10 Lift gets an increase in income (5) 11 Steals away to get an ornament (6) 12 Small missile is extremely loud (8) 14 Endorses a plan, useful behind the wheel (4,5) 15 Nobleman gets a year premature (5) 17 Tales turn out to be a bargain (5) 19 Art trend developed around a chemical brake (9) 22 Fool gets one doctor to point to lice problem (8) 24 Ragged sort of weapon (6) 26 Supporter of the distribution of electricity? (5) 27 Hesitate to leave, getting sick (9) 28 Tell raver about restless person (9) 29 Play with attorney for the present (5)

DOWN

1 Clergyman has lost one of his buildings (7) 2 Another student makes an excellent friend (9) 3 Ingenuous as an empty gallery (7) 4 Father, at home, is a nuisance (4) 5 Rowers with energy then to run for a bit (10) 6 A diner’s order for fish (7) 7 Lively beer with a soldier (5) 8 To a large extent, like a fireplace, say (7) 13 Simplest to access at altitude (5-5) 16 Protection involves a rare drug (9) 17 Use scissors on favourite fragment (7) 18 Parasites give new church freedom (7) 20 Genuine amount to distribute once more (7) 21 Restyle arrangement in an abrupt way (7) 23 Sculpt a slab of wood (5) 25 Mark’s out of mascara (4)

SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES