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 Lament doctor and run away (5) 10 Compassion affected each form of distress (9)

11 Steal organ and cheer up (4,5) 12 Gutted family let construction get bowed (5)

13 Each attempt to go round eastern cafe, say (6)

14 Finished with a bed outside – it’s worn (8)

16 Move dome in, for example, at an unspecified time (7) 18 Object, backing wager with an Asian (7)

20 I will, before one racket doesn’t finish, be in a state (8)

22 Cite new river, previously symbolic (6)

25 Avoid old magistrate imprisoning daughter (5)

26 Final quantity of fish caught (3,6)

28 Important point makes match rise unexpectedly (9)

29 Remove soap from broken siren (5)

Down

1 This mutton is stuffed with filth (4)

2 Dollar, returning the empty container (6)

3 Also has errand fixed (8) 4 Vulgar fellow has energy (5) 5 Charm short officer with Evita performance (9)

6 He maintains fire is right behind city (6)

7 Performed cadet’s order? Unacceptable (5,3)

8 Patent coin design with five notes (10)

13 It’s aniseed, transported from spice islands (4,6)

15 Dental worker eying this confusion (9)

17 Glamour doesn’t start developing, involving too much stink (8) 19 Undergarments made by a baker? (8)

21 Require large English hypodermic (6)

23 Organise a turn by tenor, but they’re not there (6) 24 Greatest artist stifles a beginning (5)

27 Social media message, not finally sentimental (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

9 Grieve for (5) 10 Emotional anguish (9) 11 Feel encouraged (4,5) 12 Genuflected (5) 13 Restaurant or cafe (6) 14 Outdoor garment (8) 16 At an unspecified future time (7)

18 Asian language (7) 20 US state (8)

22 Figurative (6)

25 Evade (5) 26 Quantity after deductions (3,6) 28 Levelling goal (9) 29 Wash out (5)

Down

1 Flake of soot (4)

2 Pail (6)

3 Moored (8)

4 Inexpensive (5)

5 Bewitch (9)

6 Train furnace tender (6)

7 Reproduced, often in mime (5,3)

8 Using five notes (10) 13 Asian island group (4,6)

15 Dental worker (9)

17 Bad smell (8) 19 Old-fashioned undergarment (8) 21 Sewing equipment (6) 23 School absentee (6) 24 Commence (5) 27 Affectedly quaint (4)

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iSpy winner July 12: Mr Trevor Watkins, of Blackpool. Last week’s answer: 10