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

9 On the subject of an attack of illness (5) 10 Scenery comes down to a headland (9) 11 Very poor duet – set it another way (9) 12 Bear down on journalists collectively (5) 13 Rip-off doctor is a member of Olive’s family (6) 14 Horse promises to be wilful (8) 16 Sleep, then chat about a chance for revenge (7) 18 Permit student to join nice new church (7) 20 Suggestion at home sadly undone (8) 22 Dictator initially drives poets mad (6) 25 Frenchman sent rose as a code (5) 26 Furnishing the French politician with colour (9) 28 He guides Gavin around a hill (9) 29 Sentimental daughter provides material (5)

Down

1 Husband also gets some help (4) 2 No bias is distributed in Japanese art (6) 3 Broadcast with dirt about grating (8) 4 Cryptic ending, noisy and obscure (5) 5 Deduce the first lie spread was unproductive (9) 6 Crustacean is too much work to put in (6) 7 Former PM has zero land (8) 8 Tenacious serpent twists round first (10) 13 Mental pair trained some owls (10) 15 Variety of garnet dressed other idol (9) 17 Swamp-dweller rang about transport outside (8) 19 Toes’ core treatment is antiseptic (8) 21 Developing green, variable power (6) 23 Surface temperature on Mars, say (6) 24 Fashionable as a new phone (5) 27 He’s in a whirl (4)