The Scottish Mail on Sunday

SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

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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 Stun family, first and last,

after adjusting setup (7)

5 Stokes, say – superhero

wearing spandex top (7)

10 Function right inside pan (4)

11 Bother camp about nighttime

convenienc­e (10)

12 Order is copied

in instalment­s (8)

13 Eating heartlessl­y,

being inquisitiv­e (6)

14 Drift, being part of the parade (5)

16 Unknown person capturing liberal assassin (9)

19 Sale isn’t about singular

form of steel (9)

21 Fireplace lacking top soil (5)

23 Terror getting fellow on side (6) 25 Journey includes permit

for a game (8)

27 Detachment for people

after a fib (10)

28 Old soldiers getting a sign (4)

29 Fancy an idea about

something toxic? (7)

30 He doesn’t believe two

articles first (7)

Down

2 Registered in excessivel­y

quiet soldier (5)

3 Pianist worried about a

king from Lahore, say (9) 4 Veneer about to lose

colour outside (6)

6 Terribly banal Scot

is a European (8)

7 Small rose developed

affliction­s (5)

8 Decoration for eccentric

and mentor (9)

9 Meeting Frenchman first

– that’s lucky (6)

15 Afterwards taking friend

to one side (9)

17 Woman to observe

an embellishm­ent (5,4) 18 Dull to come down

to level ground (8)

20 Twist betting on

bad conditions (6)

22 Catch joke, starting

in container (6)

24 Eco-friendly, but naive (5) 26 Stressed about a lock (5)

Across

1 Befuddle (7)

5 Cricketer (7)

10 Industry (4)

11 Nocturnal

receptacle (10) 12 Intermitte­nt (8)

13 Prying (6)

14 Drift (5)

16 Murderer (9)

19 Type of steel (9)

21 Soil (5)

23 Scare (6)

25 Casino game (8)

27 Estrangeme­nt (10)

28 Portent (4)

29 Poison (7)

30 Non-believer (7)

Down

2 Soldier (5)

3 Asian (9)

4 Front (6)

6 European (8)

7 Painful affliction­s (5)

8 Decoration (9)

9 Bringer of luck (6)

15 Sideways (9)

17 Musical

embellishm­ent (5,4)

18 Level terrain (8)

20 Wrench (6)

22 Small basket (6)

24 Colour (5)

26 Lock of hair (5)

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