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 Better edges possess colour (5)

4 Cardinal and friend, first

and foremost (9)

9 Argument included clue about

European gamble (9)

10 Attorney puts church next

to a villa (5)

11 A nose around excellent,

twisted home (6)

12 Physical actor mustn’t

rewrite article (5,3)

14 Rancid gin cocktail

in carriage (6,3)

15 Finish taking in city animal (5)

17 Credit English ship plant (5)

19 Desert hazard succeeded –

also on march (9)

22 Political group around tavern,

turning human recycler (8)

24 Picture small pixie, that is (6)

26 Evidence of strength of spirit (5)

27 Tense and defective (9)

28 Pursue flimsy car part (4,5)

29 Bored, I scout around

a nightclub (5)

Down

1 Bird making vehicle dart off (7)

2 Respect and honour

Enid’s other church (9)

3 Turn one off a particle (7)

4 Wager has a pulse (4)

5 Wring steel out when it’s

very hot (10)

6 Ending in debauchery missing

from French (7)

7 Behold copper get married

to doctor (5)

8 Intensely wanted time to

end badly (7)

13 Diamonds taking off after slow

start in pastime (3,7)

16 Distance making a simpleton

turn head (9)

17 Fighting arena should

include pilot (7)

18 Funk is played by student

after a lot to drink (7)

20 He reads about being

deprived of coat (7)

21 Man left out new sort

for conductor (7)

23 I’m an eccentric, concealing

old name (5)

25 Notice recreation

has run out (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

1 Tanned (5)

4 Chiefly (9)

9 Conjecture (9)

10 Russian villa (5)

11 Bee’s home (6)

12 Actor’s stand-in (5,3)

14 Restaurant

carriage (6,3)

15 Antelope (5)

17 Salad plant (5)

19 Desert hazard (9)

22 Man-eater (8)

24 Type of

photograph (6)

26 Verification (5)

27 Flawed (9)

28 Rear vehicle

lamp (4,5)

29 Dance club (5)

Down

1 Swift-running bird (7)

2 Compliance (9)

3 Subatomic particle (7)

4 Defeat (4)

5 Very hot (10)

6 Musical ending (7)

7 Medical stand-in (5)

8 Longed (7)

13 Choreographed

sport (3,7)

16 Indifference (9)

17 Flight deck (7)

18 Much to drink (7)

20 Remove wool (7)

21 Distinguished

conductor (7)

23 Woman’s name (5)

25 Location (4)

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