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 Stand delay (5) 4 Action takes reporters down (9) 9 Outline articles, missing her first class (9) 10 Diminishing lute composition by head of performance (3-2) 11 Box, meeting sticky end, having infected lungs (6) 12 Search small grotto with no-good European (8) 14 Some game makes socialist complain (3,6) 15 Run back and see heartless sister (5) 17 Right time to return and send money (5) 19 Mark off fellow always finding complaint (4,5) 22 Lucrative supply, going initially with one mild cocktail (8) 24 Thor riding about – nasty (6) 26 Island next to Kent resort is second to none (5) 27 Respect and honour Enid’s dilapidated church (9) 28 Cut top off non-polluting tree (9) 29 Sentimental start to the message (5)
Down
1 Scared, drunk, having one cocktail (7) 2 City stream flowed to barrier (9) 3 Not as serious as an incendiary device (7) 4 Sketch a tie (4) 5 Foresight is quiet about terribly scenic point (10) 6 Brighten up space, as it happens, by noon (7) 7 As arranged, can provide material (5) 8 Parking inside, remove exhaust (7) 13 Latch onto a flower that’s worn (10) 16 Admiration for clerical address (9) 17 Scrap occasion for some music (7) 18 Put a stopwatch on prisoner to find delay (4-3) 20 Woman registered first – her business is blooming (7) 21 Deem rat recipe to be like lamb (3,4) 23 Belgian city lord (5) 25 New one, generating gas (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Booth (5) 4 Melancholy (9) 9 Appoint (9) 10 Abatement (3-2) 11 Type of cough (6) 12 Hunt for food (8) 14 Game bird (3,6) 15 Health worker (5) 17 Area of responsibility (5) 19 Insect-caused disease (4,5) 22 Source of wealth (8) 24 Very unpleasant (6) 26 Perfect (5) 27 Compliance (9) 28 Having enduring success (9) 29 Online message (5)
Down
1 Brandy cocktail (7) 2 European capital (9) 3 Smoking accessory (7) 4 Tied match (4) 5 Foreknowledge (10) 6 Cheer up (7) 7 Glossy fabric (5) 8 Exhaust (7) 13 Lapel slit for fastening (10) 16 High regard (9) 17 Style of music (7) 18 Temporal delay (4-3) 20 High street retailer (7) 21 Beef, say (3,4) 23 Feudal lord (5) 25 Noble gas (4)