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 Quiet promises to be devout (5) 10 Maybe brass nude sculpture
outside is complete (9)
11 I simpered about outer layer (9) 12 Timely xerox about returning
plant tissue (5)
13 Husband gags terribly,
swallowing one delicacy (6)
14 Physical actor mustn’t
alter a name (8)
16 Registration to examine
at home (5-2)
18 Protection of French receiver (7) 20 Artist moved statue
around in flood (8)
22 Accent on ornamental
footwear (6)
25 Dog respectful
about monsters (5)
26 Sensed compassion,
initially, is genuine (9)
28 Simple French article dared
no improvement (9)
29 The matter of children (5)
Down
1 Noble peers concealing
weapon (4)
2 Changing address
can be emotional (6)
3 Adjusting seat – hazard
for star (8)
4 Imitation of a baby? (5)
5 The Spanish suited
strange lethargy (9)
6 King gets slack – no new
warning device (6)
7 Cancel my order for a plant (8)
8 Commonly believe
garden residents (4,3,3)
13 Rhyming term,
like mumbo-jumbo (5-5)
15 Poles very eager
to be informing (9)
17 Former rental
negotiated outside (8)
19 Sedate behind tree, getting
medical treatment (5,3)
21 Right, those letters should
be taken again (6)
23 Musical lubricant (6)
24 Robust writer (5)
27 Long journey, often
following star (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Religious (5)
10 Unreserved (9)
11 Skin surface (9)
12 Plant tissue (5)
13 Scottish dish (6)
14 Daring actor (8)
16 Airport
procedure (5-2)
18 Security (7)
20 Soak (8)
22 Ornamental shoe (6) 25 Monsters (5)
26 Sincere (9)
28 Plain (9)
29 Matter in
question (5)
Down
1 Fencing sword (4) 2 Agitating (6)
3 Star symbol (8)
4 Mannequin (5)
5 Weariness (9)
6 Hooter (6) 7 Type of
primrose (8)
8 Biblical couple (4,3,3) 13 Jargon (5-5)
15 Telling (9)
17 Outer (8)
19 Medical
treatment (5,3)
21 Filmed again (6)
23 Thick oil (6)
24 Tough (5)
27 Long journey (4)