The Scottish Mail on Sunday

SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE

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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 Fiasco as each of

two catches cold (5)

4 Harbour bound to lose one

and get soaked (9)

9 Reflect on pattern

found on stave (5,4)

10 We have ignition – rotor

lazily starts to spin (5)

11 Recline outside – answer

is to work together (6)

12 Authentic boar running in

front of the trees (8)

14 Involved in larks with

an islander (3,6)

15 Nick hardly seen at church (5) 17 Origins of Wimbledon

favourites (5)

19 Turn corrupt, getting

length of vehicle (9)

22 Make subsequent addition,

if retort worked (8)

24 Using second, say, in current

anger management (2,4)

26 Flamboyant unicorn

wearing a garment (5)

27 Lion’s fame spread to

part of Britain (4,2,3)

28 Illuminati­on making lad

change in stature (9)

29 A great deal about gardener’s

first implement (5)

Down

1 Loses nerve, having

a lot to drink (7)

2 Torment, wearing tie aslant (9)

3 Paste hairs, as ordered (7)

4 Frenchman, kind,

gets a drink (4)

5 Mentions testimonia­ls (10)

6 ‘Thin crescent’ – just appeared

on satellite (3,4)

7 Wit confused keys

more than once (5)

8 Hide all away from temptress (7) 13 Lofty prose? (10)

16 Dame rants about retailer (9)

17 Prolong a term at Her

Majesty’s pleasure (7)

18 Wrong coat is left for patient (7) 20 Range unacceptab­le when

the ball is thrown in (4-3)

21 Darren’s off – missions (7)

23 Got an alternativ­e nation (5)

25 Scheme to get a small

piece of land (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across

1 Make a mess of (5)

4 Soaked in

a sauce (9)

9 Musical symbol (5,4) 10 Rotate rapidly (5)

11 Cooperate (6)

12 Tree-dwelling (8)

14 Asian islander (3,6) 15 Indentatio­n (5)

17 Plant ovules (5)

19 Distance between

axles (9)

22 Add later (8)

24 Not in neutral (2,4) 26 Loose garment (5) 27 British island (4,2,3) 28 Car part (9)

29 Grabbing

instrument (5) Down

1 Liquid containers (7) 2 Tease (9)

3 African hot sauce (7) 4 Dairy product (4)

5 Mentions (10)

6 Lunar phase (3,4)

7 Two times (5)

8 Biblical character (7) 13 Words in

smoke trails (10)

16 Shopkeeper (9)

17 Extend (7)

18 Long-suffering (7)

20 Rugby

formation (4-3)

21 Chores (7)

23 Island kingdom (5) 25 Story line (4)

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