The Scottish Mail on Sunday

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

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SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES Across

9 Dodge first woman to have a key (5) 10 Digit is not much to equation, initially (6,3) 11 Dubious young lady is on a list (9) 12 My last chat about nautical conveyance (5) 13 Cadge from a cleaner (6) 14 Pass round a tea first as fuel (8) 16 Keys to barrier provide protection (7) 18 Flyer left in a jumble behind meadow (7) 20 The French get angry at English game (8) 22 Come out east and join forces (6) 25 Kind who takes pressure for fun (5) 26 Large reptile running at gorilla (9) 28 A large union gets least without male element (9) 29 Deal with a pleasurabl­e event (5)

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1 Top of the address (4) 2 Graduate rings about doctor, being a grass (6) 3 Path gone strangely out of shape (8) 4 World gave German student an award (5) 5 Wife, say, has different proportion (5,4) 6 Contestant quietly runs relay (6) 7 A time to teach while learning (2,6) 8 Amount of fluid may tire client out (10) 13 Lumber TV series with cleaner (6,4) 15 Confusion in CIA operation is fervent (9) 17 Reality set out by male handyman (8) 19 Supreme lay-about may come in (8) 21 Get former pupil a can outside (6) 23 Inform on that woman? Not half (6) 24 Head of surgery gets swelling to collapse (5) 27 Register back in agenda to read (4)

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