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 Staring at a torn page (5) 10 Axe with strings attached – it doesn’t exist (3,6) 11 Fling note at union (9) 12 Drawn periodical shows wit (5) 13 Received greeting, caught behind some architecture (6) 14 Second victory brings socialist back without Liberal cheat (8) 16 Suggest making a step in the right direction (7) 18 Feline has uncovered some entertainment (7) 20 Working less with a fellow agent (8) 22 Clear problem with current cake (6) 25 Instruction to remove front of boundary (5) 26 Take vital move to be loquacious (9) 28 Counterattack speed has broken a tile (9) 29 Pull out of the avenue (5)
Down
1 Free to include a surprise attack (4) 2 Ring back after graduate vote (6) 3 Ridicule professor with ‘sire’ around island (8) 4 Fellow isn’t commonly vague (5) 5 Environmental hag with no time for part of London (9) 6 Italian cuts off a nettle’s head (6) 7 He trips over top of shot glass (8) 8 Lawyer is in favour of museum custodian (10) 13 Curry favour with informant first found at Wimbledon (5,5) 15 Light put on a cat that was sent the wrong way (3,6) 17 Endorse woman with one appointment (8) 19 Returned to treat each ailment (8) 21 Walk like a small ogre (6) 23 Creature has article to mail off (6) 24 Depressed by singular style of music (5) 27 Always in same version (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Open-mouthed (5) 10 Imaginary instrument (3,6) 11 Casual relationship (9) 12 Comedian (5) 13 Architectural style (6) 14 Fraudster (8) 16 Make progress (7) 18 Floor show (7) 20 Promoter (8) 22 Choux cake (6) 25 Command (5) 26 Chatty (9) 28 Strike back (9) 29 Haul (5)
Down
1 Attack (4) 2 Secret vote (6) 3 Mockery (8) 4 Swoon (5) 5 London borough (9) 6 Regional Italian (6) 7 Tottering person (8) 8 Scottish lawyer (10) 13 Tennis area (5,5) 15 Misdirected (3,6) 17 Ratify (8) 19 Lumbar pain (8) 21 Wander (6) 23 Beast (6) 24 Type of music (5) 27 Constantly (4)