The Scottish Mail on Sunday

SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE WIN £250

PLAY ISPY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £250!

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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

9 Stride around union – that

brings out the detail (5)

10 Smooth ale turned out

to be horrid (9)

11 Miscellany getting reinforcem­ent

to function (9)

12 School’s first squad

showed old power (5)

13 Doctor intended heartlessl­y

to have some time (6)

14 Draw late passion (4,4)

16 Affects rascal with deeds (7)

18 Opposed to making a

profit on the way (7)

20 Quiet walks cause confusion (8) 22 Drama about small dish (6)

25 Manor laid out for old Italian (5) 26 Sentence follows horse,

running by the sea (9)

28 The tom sat around

– no more (2,3,4)

29 Agenda points to

changing times (5)

Down

1 Fielder’s mistake (4)

2 Copper most upset

by tradition (6)

3 Repairman can chime

another way (8)

4 The Spanish show respect

in the joint (5)

5 Perform a U-turn on a bike? (9)

6 Ran after pure report (6)

7 Endless wood – directions

are anticipate­d (8)

8 Readmits it – new condition (10) 13 Principal master

turned orthodox (10)

15 In accordance with boy

holding one defamation (9)

17 Fellow actor and friend (8)

19 Lecturer is not practical (8)

21 Graduate reviews rent in

friendly exchange (6)

23 Dare performed outside

is brought up (6)

24 Two finding nothing in stall (5) 27 Simple point, say, to change (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

9 Magnifying

glass (5)

10 Hateful (9)

11 Miscellany (9) 12 Vapour (5)

13 Short period

of time (6)

14 Exactly level

finish (4,4)

16 Collisions (7)

18 Not in favour (7) 20 Chaos (8) 22 Curry dish (6)

25 Former empire (5) 26 Coast (9)

28 No more

than (2,3,4)

29 Articles (5)

Down

1 Slide (4)

2 Habit (6)

3 Engineer (8)

4 Arm joint (5)

5 Change

one’s mind (9) 6 Pursued (6)

7 Predicted (8)

8 Skin complaint (10) 13 Convention­al (10) 15 Vilificati­on (9)

17 Companion (8)

19 Scholastic (8)

21 Repartee (6)

23 Lifted (6)

24 Kiosk (5)

27 Facile (4)

TO ENTER:

Complete the Crossword and count how many times the letter ‘i’ appears in the grid. Then text LANCELOT followed by a space, your answer, name and postcode to 65700, eg LANCELOT 9 John Smith W8 5TT. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. To enter by phone, call 0905 652 2140 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. See below for terms and conditions. Phone and text Helpline 0330 1000 601. Last week’s answer: 7. iSpy winner June 5: Gillian Mott, of Loughborou­gh,

Leicesters­hire. iSpy winner June 12: Liane Bingham, of Telscombe Cliffs, East Sussex.

Last week’s answer: 7

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