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 New gear included universal implement (5)

4 European leaving to finish (6,3)

9 Jack, on a roof, can upset heroine (4,2,3)

10 Memorise renal layout (5)

11 Performed perfectly when attached (6)

12 Beat confusion about absence – there’s no milk (5,3)

14 Manage after ordering steel spyglass (9)

15 Pretty timid after I had returned (5)

17 Head of broadcasting organised some cleaner (5)

19 Judge speed behind a river section (9)

22 Hurried to hit and run (8)

24 Caused affection for final listener (6)

26 Eager to run off and consent (5)

27 Reptile gets a sugar turned into a vegetable (9)

28 Blue fashion in decline (9)

29 Small, strangely airy land (5)

Down

1 Accompaniment found in road junction (7)

2 Pleased with oil-producing American flower (9)

3 Delivered rose for top-level workers (7)

4 Pale sort of ring (4)

5 City pub starts contest for two of its teams (5,5)

6 Flavoured with lime, initially, then connected (7)

7 Round section in abstract movement (2,3)

8 Dream makes follower stay involved (7)

13 Moving racks alone – that’s poisonous (5,5)

16 Hunter giving second note to Thor, possibly (9)

17 Bird making vehicle dart off (7)

18 Dew developed in fog in part of America (7)

20 Number sure to adjust terms (7)

21 Use aria about a lot of land (7)

23 Missile creates a right argument (5)

25 Betting journalist was rushed (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Boring tool (5)

4 Finish (6,3)

9 French heroine (4,2,3)

10 Memorise (5)

11 Tacked (6)

12 Drink without milk (5,3)

14 Optical device (9)

15 Attractive (5)

17 Broom (5)

19 Sit in judgement (9)

22 Careless (8)

24 Make beloved (6) 26 Tally (5)

27 Vegetable (9)

28 Economic decline (9)

29 Middle East country (5)

Down

1 Supplement (7)

2 Flower (9)

3 Building specialists (7)

4 Chime (4)

5 Contest between neighbours (5,5) 6 Joined (7)

7 Abstract design (2,3)

8 Dream (7)

13 Venomous reptile (5,5)

16 Carrion feeder (9)

17 Large, swift-running bird (7)

18 Region of America (7)

20 Terms of office (7)

21 Huge land mass (7)

23 Projectile (5)

25 Raced (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. iSpy winner May 1: xxx, of xxx, xxx. Last week’s answer: 15