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 Ingratiate oneself with stroke (5) 4 Bird giving weight to gossip (9)

9 Elder unit forced to pause (9)

10 Laugh, if reaching a city (5)

11 Indian dish around some

European countries (6)

12 Solitary figure to

turn rest out (8)

14 Regret heady,

true version (3,3,3)

15 Pressure group in the hall (5)

17 In favour of including the

old entrance (5)

19 Target majority –

that’s profound (9)

22 Language is singular –

its rank varies (8)

24 Beat on album captured

without a key (6)

26 Admitted to being possessed (5) 27 Gold managed to turn direction,

being most restricted (9)

28 Involved dent developing

around corner (9)

29 Second truck didn’t

start pitiful (5)

Down

1 Type of plant about

to loosen up (7)

2 I will enter supply line

for guns (9)

3 Whip-round – new rig

is fairly big (7)

4 Lake surrounded by

total shanty town (4)

5 Concerning having fun – getting pound out, but that’s too much (10)

6 Arrange the loan for alcohol (7)

7 Master of ceremonies

gets one raise (5)

8 Terribly ratty about each

conveyance (3,4)

13 Supplementary mathematical

procedure by a student (10)

16 Bishop, worn out, to

tolerate an animal (5,4)

17 No feast arranged in

underhand move (4,3)

18 Artist and family accommodated

journalist and earned (5,2)

20 Oar isn’t transported

in provisions (7)

21 Writer mixed lots in trifle (7)

23 Musical group without

a safety measure (5)

25 Reared on baked food, say (4)