CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

WIN £100 CASH

ACROSS

1 Everyone gives winner a send-off (3,3,4) 6 Court order for a small personal problem (4) 10 Nowadays some poetry is hostile (7) 11 Confusing rag with garment is most serious (7) 12 Record one recent change where the trouble started (9) 13 Reticent about trees (5) 14 Common name - this changes on getting married (5) 15 Deport actor, tied in a knot (9) 17 Ruin same plan by daughter to be overprotective (9) 20 Indifferent to pressure in new diet (5) 21 Finished with a type of food (5) 23 Artist gets generous without starting to be greedy (9) 25 Knock woman on the knee (7) 26 Inform about a quiet student being a youngster (7) 27 Unusual not to be well done (4) 28 Late - reported delay is a heavy burden (4,6)

DOWN

1 Staring at a torn page (5) 2 Chemist finds oil varies terribly (9) 3 Charm decreases at Canadian attraction (9,5) 4 Trained the bear to use air (7) 5 Gets wrong soldiers, in part (7) 7 Prophet acquires new smirk (5) 8 Need month to adapt, getting better (2,3,4) 9 Looked, say, beyond running pirate clip (4,10) 14 Snared organisation with trivia - that’s harsh (9) 16 Surpassing rascal by wandering (9) 18 Atmosphere gets corrupt in military establishment (3,4) 19 Overthrew power - huge indeed (7) 22 Instrument to fix stair (5) 24 Sense venue in speech (5)

WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Idiotic, 5 Cubicle, 9 Container, 10 Olive, 11 Tweeter, 12 Beseech, 13 Paddle steamer, 18 Agree to differ, 20 Anaemic, 23 Tremolo, 25 Cuppa, 26 Electrode, 27 Decider, 28 Scrooge. down: 1 Incite, 2 Innkeeper, 3 Toast, 4 Contralto, 5 Carob, 6 Bookshelf, 7 Chide, 8 Eye chart, 14 Dreamland, 15 Shiftless, 16 Marco Polo, 17 Balanced, 19 Cohere, 21 Aspic, 22 Cheer, 24 Enter. Prizeword: Hotel