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 Say spread hasn’t
started (5)
10 Reserved bun, breaking
last bit (9)
11 Articulate aunt and niece
combined (9)
12 Girl round to get noose (5) 13 Joke – leg broken
by some geese (6)
14 Awful tat aims to take note
of marks of shame (8)
16 In a suit, worn
in country (7)
18 Virginia and visitor – most
unclear (7)
20 Soldier making excellent return after negative disorder (8)
22 Note a new attempt
in framework (6)
25 Recesses soon developed
around back of sink (5)
26 Old answer, extracting
and scrutinising (9)
28 Emu got worried about
sick bird (9)
29 City setting new goals (5)
Down
1 From French king to
English aristocrat (4)
2 Grunts strangely when
suspended (6)
3 Gruff, reckless about
spots (8)
4 Painting of them Urals (5)
5 Aim to be unbiased (9)
6 Turn new shoe to remove
debris (6)
7 Declare, incorrectly, that young lady is by gallery (8)
8 In a rude way – not angrily,
oddly (10)
13 Initiative to rise
and leave (3-2-3-2)
15 Art? Get stuffed (9)
17 No Arctic excursion
for medicine (8)
19 I laid log out,
and flowers (8)
21 Get comfortable at home
with the French (6)
23 Sibling, say, back
in pain (6)
24 Anaemic snack (5)
27 Opening includes small
intake of breath (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Say (5)
10 Inflexible (9)
11 Pronounce (9)
12 Noose (5)
13 Group of geese (6) 14 Marks of disgrace (8) 16 African country (7)
18 Least precise (7)
20 Persecution
complex (8)
22 Overhead
structure (6) 25 Corners (5)
26 Testing (9)
28 Seabirds (9)
29 Nigerian city (5)
Down
1 Nobility rank (4) 2 Suspended (6) 3 Skin patches (8) 4 Wall painting (5) 5 Goal (9)
6 Remove accumulated matter (6) 7 Take out
of context (8)
8 Without
knowledge (10)
13 Ambition (3-2-3-2)
15 Stuffing of animals (9) 17 Drug (8)
19 Flowers (8)
21 Snuggle (6)
23 Sharp pain (6)
24 Savoury snack (5)
27 Catch
one’s breath (4)