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

8 That woman’s lad

upset messenger (6)

9 The real problem – your

beginning is tough (8)

10 Slave managed to

gossip in city (3,5)

11 Number of passengers,

heartlessly cautious (6)

12 Amaze girlfriend, initially

getting swindled (5)

13 Dexterous, taking centre out

of some pottery (4)

14 Sombre wife has

to make tea (4)

16 For every offence

involving a cat (7)

18 Have fun in vehicle

next to river (7)

20 Come down to the country (4)

21 Tiny part of a cat (4)

22 Love to bother engineers (5)

25 Partisan located

around island (6)

27 Wrong again, old

and slanting (8)

28 Judge each

awful resentment (8)

29 Alternatively, gone

off in a state (6)

Down

1 Taped broadcast, including

name for purist (6)

2 Excited, provided with

a metal coat (10)

3 Nowadays have time

for a maxim (5)

4 She’s embarrassed by

something on her cheek (7)

5 Not like this? Well I never (5,4)

6 Burn the tea (4)

7 Rot about consumers

getting garment (8)

14 Compensation for

a transfusion? (5,5)

15 Risky and difficult, getting every

character round America (9)

17 A collier pursuing

old inspector (8)

19 Time of decline to follow

audible confusion (3,4)

23 Moving so near ground (6)

24 Working a lot with new nail (5)

26 Swimmer often seen

behind Dover (4)