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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 Get used to terrible ruin, to a point (5) 10 Get rid of the Spanish inmate criminal I preceded (9) 11 Underground omen about musical device (9) 12 Shade off an awful place (5) 13 Way to travel shows pace (6) 14 Redirecting post, finished break (4,4) 16 Fundamental London train line (7) 18 Run concerning diocese (7) 20 Adversary to work quietly with single book (8) 22 Frenchman is healthy and eccentric (6) 25 Reported change in table (5) 26 Blatant woman’s taken male out and succeeded (9) 28 Dish and cases played part (9) 29 Provide pet with hesitation (5)

Down

1 Shoot fellow with one large mortar, initially (4) 2 Quiet remark from German relative (6) 3 Provide new arrangement, holding key instrument (8) 4 Set code with right curtains, say (5) 5 Bearing guidance (9) 6 Piece of the church? (6) 7 Sam lived wickedly in some islands (8) 8 Apes resent bats and monster (3,7) 13 Respected actors scan revision (10) 15 Kitty putting window screens in front, where she can’t see them (5,4) 17 Stop mine turning into jobs for the boys (8) 19 Clues for cooking endive with ends of rice (8) 21 Tended to get red sun wrong (6) 23 Set out a site behind loud carnival (6) 24 Food producer finds tumbler, not English (5) 27 Sensitive rose arrangement (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: 9

Puzzling!

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