CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Engineers equal to opportunity for revenge (7) 5 Frenchman troubled is a Frenchman in charge of pollution (7) 9 Swelling cold has bishop in a pickle (9) 10 Watch Roman poet move right out (5) 11 Feline has uncovered some entertainment (7) 12 Can and must overhaul holy place (7) 13 He claims to have healing power, and he has a point (13) 18 Too assured to have new info converted (13) 20 Former pupil finds some poetry, or its opposite (7) 23 Fellow with fever takes it wrongly - to be weariness (7) 25 A pie’s changed colour (5) 26 Swear about finding animal in common programs (9) 27 Odd way to get line of products (7) 28 Noise forced good man to be most inquisitive (7)

DOWN

1 Rector joins old firm twice - that’s style (6) 2 Brian came out to get some rope (9) 3 Disprove return of potato, say (5) 4 Pain makes compassion blaze (9) 5 Lacking a sign (5) 6 Thrill, working under a vet (9) 7 May have power (5) 8 Adelaide, say, takes a pound by morning - disaster (8) 14 Not sure of ‘centaur’ in translation (9) 15 Nice faith displayed by leader (9) 16 Mix tint and agree on improvement (9) 17 VIP cool about taking ship to America (8) 19 Change sides by mistake (6) 21 A name for every crawler (5) 22 Follow directions and prosecute (5) 24 Stressed about lock (5)