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

9 A rebel to make

an appearance (5)

10 Virtual examination (9)

11 Help a mere adjustment

that’s fleeting (9)

12 Smell right inside that’s sharp (5) 13 Feel bitter during

theatre’s entertainment (6)

14 Mistake by king – hardly

a temporary fix (8)

16 Negotiation about

second flavouring (7)

18 Tire for nothing – there’s

no duty involved (3-4)

20 People at eccentric

sporting schedule (4,4)

22 Animated boy all right

as a composer (6)

25 Understood one

during diplomacy (5)

26 Be attuned about new arrival (9) 28 Old writer, confronted by

an honest expression (4-5)

29 Authority with no pressure

to bring to bear (5)

Down

1 Range of food is reasonable,

by the sound of it (4)

2 Eric hesitated to

include money (6)

3 Station is fatal (8)

4 Electrician has a twinkle (5)

5 This local form of canvas (9)

6 Set off with youngster –

that’s an improvement (4-2)

7 Glass ship (8)

8 Escape with cards to

control centre (6,4)

13 Reap new share

in atonement (10)

15 Purchase commodity, say,

as a consequence (2-7)

17 Engineers went by bike

that’s used again (8)

19 Kiss graduate by second date,

say – a seasonal feature (4,4)

21 Copper joins aristocrat

in stoppage (6)

23 Not much money

for a leather-worker (6)

24 Sailor takes poem home (5)

27 Devours meat

sandwich wrapping (4)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across

9 Come to light (5)

10 Hands-on (9)

11 Transitory (9)

12 Tine (5)

13 Begrudge (6)

14 Openable fastening (8) 16 Herb (7)

18 Exempt from duty (3-4) 20 Sporting

programme (4,4)

22 Hungarian

composer (6) 25 Understood (5)

26 Upper-class young

woman (9)

28 Having a frank

expression (4-5)

29 Apply (5)

Down

1 Paying

passenger (4)

2 Wealth (6)

3 Extremity (8)

4 Fiery particle (5)

5 Canvas (9) 6 Increase in size (4-2) 7 Sailing ship (8)

8 Cockpit (6,4)

13 Redress (10)

15 Side effect (2-7)

17 Used again (8)

19 Seasonal

decoration (4,4)

21 Designated limit (3-3) 23 Sixpence (6)

24 Dwelling (5)

27 Consumes (4)

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iSpy winner August 28: Laura Thomas, of Braintree, Essex. iSpy winner September 4: To be confirmed. Last week’s answer: 8