CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £100 CASH
ACROSS
1 Advance expected by daughter when depressed (7) 5 Mace is mixed with uranium and another element (7) 9 Not concentrating, taking blurred pictures (9) 10 Student acted strangely (5) 11 Settler constructed a table (7) 12 Calm and loose in the grass (7) 13 Key idea in a crisis (8,5) 18 Brightly-coloured clothes produced mechanically (6-7) 20 Goon worried about article while moving (2,3,2) 23 Stop me returning to pub and leave (7) 25 Heard cook had become a cleric (5) 26 Confine amusement on the day to investment scheme (5,4) 27 Graffiti artist to confront the German outside (7) 28 Mother’s sure to use a rubber (7)
DOWN
1 Look for fellow in close one (6) 2 Part of train to knock another vehicle (6,3) 3 Defence group finds share has not been edited (5) 4 Bids feel wrong, with current doubt (9) 5 Drink to detectives with hesitation (5) 6 Pity a clue got solved about trees (9) 7 List made Enid terribly cross (5) 8 Awfully tame attorney volunteers information (8) 14 One ice storm spread, having the same shape (9) 15 Mad master wasted capital (9) 16 Target underground, found inside a tyre (5,4) 17 Betting on getting round iron key, given too much help (8) 19 Fail to get queen a portfolio (6) 21 Terribly fit, he became a criminal (5) 22 Different trouble didn’t start (5) 24 Consecrate bishop? Not so much (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 25, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by July 26 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 August 1. 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.