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

1 Auction includes British fur (5) 4 Choose a role to

criticise harshly (4,5)

9 Advertising in favour

of proposal (9)

10 Her and my composition

sound the same (5)

11 Passion makes artist

turn unfriendly (6)

12 Removed channel indeed (8) 14 An overage

criminal, usually (2,7)

15 Key to dire concoction

– removed moisture (5)

17 Argue, not having

caught rider (5)

19 Stainless compound shows

a seasoned quality (9)

22 Flatter dim TV series (4-4)

24 Made a scratch and

gained a point (6)

26 Chance for a parasite (5)

27 Get going – flan is

behind excitement (4-5)

28 Thin legs, terribly small,

lack of substance (9)

29 Rushes to get

some instruments (5)

Down

1 Poor as review about

new singer (7)

2 Relatives rely

on vital store (5,4)

3 Recite Spanish article,

old and lovely (7)

4 Most important to remove

end when stuffy (4)

5 Building recalled

in folk tale (10)

6 Foundered for a reason (7)

7 Terribly easy time, so far (2,3) 8 Unfinished sample finished,

and was popular (7)

13 Tumbledown sheep and

their beastly hairs (10)

16 At home, mixing tea and

brie, awfully drunk (9)

17 Retiring as a fairy

tale character (7)

18 Regard spectre

another way (7)

20 Tooth, incorporated,

is gold (7)

21 Points to appointments

and calms down (7)

23 Loud organ is pitched (5)

25 Unusual case for experts (4)