CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £ 100 CASH
DOWN 1 Attack, but not on the pavement ( 6) 2 Letter shows personality ( 9) 3 Chap holds the hollow symbol ( 5) 4 Terribly enamoured of conduct ( 9) 5 Stray form of deity ( 5) 6 Turn pasta into part of meal ( 9) 7 Itch to take off top at fireplace ( 5) 8 Sent holy orders – no kidding ( 8) 14 Eats during arguments and hooliganism ( 9) 15 School chases an alternative insult ( 9) 16 Always naïve, but remaining fresh ( 9) 17 Travesty, coming second in game ( 8) 19 VIPs force access ( 6) 21 Faith in financial institution ( 5) 22 Tempestuous film franchise ( 5) 24 Record one getting caught by reasoning ( 5) ACROSS 1 Fashionable edict perhaps did provoke ( 7) 5 Servile, bit like an eastern European ( 7) 9 Try again to rate new office worker on time ( 9) 10 Not taking soldier back in hybrid ( 5) 11 A name change gives one a lack of energy ( 7) 12 Control engineers and reporters ( 7) 13 Slow person gets explosive cat ( 13) 18 Difficult, sprinkling rosewater around shop ( 8,5) 20 Traitor has row, getting more annoyed ( 7) 23 Point to hint, having to go back to poem ( 7) 25 Couple due round church ( 5) 26 Gets cigar out, being most rugged ( 9) 27 Content as plan is fast and variable ( 7) 28 Journalist gets currency, back somewhere in London ( 7)
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £ 100 CASH read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word.
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The winner will be the first random correct entry drawn from all entry routes after the closing date of April 15.
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