CRUSADER CROSSWORD

FOR YOuR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH

1 5 ACROSS Find record finished (8) Loved socialist seen after a party (6) English poet making us carry coffee, huge, possibly (8,7) Engineers extremely cagey after a short time, wanting confidentiality (7) Copper with right payment for present (7) Tiny piece of soft item (8) Tom returned to cracker verse (5) A page having concealed plant-louse (5) Note found by Den returning from monument (8) Eccentric clouts small insects (6) Male with identification seen with spouse, a childbirth specialist (7) Work of some doctors with officer before rehearsal (7,8) Golf equipment initially taken with hesitation makes us move unsteadily (6) Cosmetic I reportedly left at home with hesitation (8) read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word DOWN Take in woman with joke, say (6) Second trainer embracing depressed laggard (9) Eccentric not on strike (7) Given points, my adversary (5) Woman with silver getting sheep drawing (7) Dog turning up with the man with frill (5) NAME Head of department initially using allowance for a length of ADDRESS time (8) Eric came out for this frozen food (3,5) Garment for one in river getting fish (8) To train, I’d changed an established practice (9) Supporter, pale, finding window (8) Rate verse Ed composed (7) Extremist ringleader, a woman about 50 (7) Superficial appearance even confused the queen (6) Moved once, a narrow boat (5) Jolly drunk (5) Oct 3: Oct 5: Oct 7: