CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £100 CASH
ACROSS
1 Embrace name, missing point – that’s nothing new (6) 4 Worried about dog, lacking bare floorboards (8) 10 Domestic broadcast takes republican to Virginia (7) 11 Crusader has succeeded as a cricket player (7) 12 Make a mess of two with catastrophic start (5) 13 Sign to put car on grid (9) 14 Complain – a book has to log insect (9,3) 18 Before taking assembly, rates sport (5,7) 23 Getting back earlier TV components (9) 24 Show new spirit (5) 25 Weapon to get roped off inside (7) 26 Singer initially can’t perform American hymn (7) 27 Twenty points included by director (8) 28 Pushy bride gets cross (6)
DOWN
1 Catholic has arranged support available at the till (8) 2 Fashionable to yield as a reward (2,6) 3 Pressure on husband to scrub (5) 5 Judge section in rare form (7) 6 Father got a building in a different part of S America (9) 7 Thanks Frenchman repeatedly for an instrument (3-3) 8 Hard to get into drab boat (6) 9 Channel that’s undiluted, we hear (6) 15 Inept mess generates desolation (9) 16 Breadth of tirade spread about yours truly (8) 17 Felt anxious in the past – end is wrong (8) 19 Starts from environment and promises to be green (7) 20 Sensational story created by swimmer (6) 21 German art is performed free (6) 22 Trees set round with two speakers (6) 24 Daughter also took year finding vain chap (5)
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word.
TO ENTER: Call 0904 161 3700 and leave your answer and details, or text DXCRUS followed by a space, your answer, name and address details to 84915. Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Texts cost £1.50 plus your standard network rate. Lines close at midnight tonight. Or send your grid containing the answer in the shaded squares by posting it to: Crusader Crossword, July 9, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by July 10 at the latest. SP: Spoke – 0333 202 3390. For any postal enquiries, call helpline number.
The winner will be the first random correct entry drawn from all entry routes after the closing date of July 16. The Editor’s decision is final. NEED HELP? Call 0904 161 1609 for 5 extra clues! Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access charge.