CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £100 CASH
ACROSS
1 British spice used for muscle (6) 4 Order is copied in instalments (8) 10 Tear tin apart to get fertiliser (7) 11 Small note to woman registered office equipment (7) 12 Turning in revolutionary specialist (5) 13 Talk, having one drink to start (9) 14 Repeatedly animated about win (4,3,5) 18 Test machines out, getting reprimand (12) 23 Enchanting person trained python first (9) 24 Exotic greeting, wearing a halo (5) 25 Foretell pressure on Republican law (7) 26 Gossip about city transport (7) 27 Character finds journalist erudite (8) 28 Knee broken by heartless lady with enthusiasm (6)
DOWN
1 Rely on, observe, a tenner, say (8) 2 Feline takes a top stylist to grotto (8) 3 Mars, for example – unfinished surface (5) 5 Smell it’s off during appointment (7) 6 Attempt terrible lies to get one steady (9) 7 Daughter left with neat arrangement of teeth (6) 8 Price-fixers in transport get let off (6) 9 See keys to storage area (6) 15 Fabled beauty has worn dopier hat (9) 16 Relegation of French movement (8) 17 The salty solution is secret (8) 19 Let’s go mad with equipment and pin (7) 20 Unharmed during diplomacy (6) 21 Fellow joined the Spanish church (6) 22 Cheerful bit of syncopation (6) 24 A step taken quickly (5)
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word.
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