CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Returned with drink to secluded place (9) 6 Border of hedges (4) 10 Search the first inexperienced student (5) 11 Hart managed to get registered - it’s a complaint (9) 12 Shout about a politician being unrestrained (7) 13 Monkey takes train to travel round in the morning (7) 14 Gibbered a load about being non-polluting (13) 17 I forbade trill to be used as a heart-starter (13) 21 Protagonist sees wading bird around one point (7) 22 Non-believer infected with caution, initially (7) 24 Rep turned sensitive to claimant (9) 25 Bachelor between islands brings every character back to another (5) 26 Rich drunkard (4) 27 From now on, that woman performs feat with hesitation (9)

DOWN

1 Graduate has bother about domestic attire (8) 2 Mollusc has one request (5) 3 One provides guidance or fierce waffle, alternatively (7,7) 4 Drink with hesitation to appliance (7) 5 Alternated staff around gallery (7) 7 Stop fellow getting a cleaner (9) 8 Relaxing is stopping, not starting (6) 9 Ample librarian developed into star performer (5,9) 15 Make fewer requests, lacking organisation (9) 16 Charm improved tune in comfortable situation (8) 18 The bard composed in one dimension (7) 19 At home, more convinced by cover provider (7) 20 Fellow joins the Spanish church (6) 23 Colour has a blemish (5)