CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £100 CASH
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, November 29, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by November 30 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 December 6. 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.
ACROSS 1 Take-away came first, before party and sport (9) 6 Colour of the crumpets (4) 10 Fanatical attack to capture bishop (5) 11 Shout rubbish, causing decay (6,3) 12 Mother on a ride around island (7) 13 London area, old-fashioned and becalmed (7) 14 Leave wrong student in, left, and trembled (5,4,4) 17 Maintenance payment for kindness and care (7,6) 21 Cleaner gets silk ensemble from weakling (7) 22 Raw spud thrown in a particular direction (7) 24 Official permit for environmental eccentric (5,4) 25 Drove to old cowboy show (5) 26 Adam’s third son, the criminal (4) 27 Difficult trip to get a storage device (4,5)
DOWN 1 Atrium is laid out for dessert (8) 2 Fix me up somewhere to sleep (5) 3 Joining now to get a fondue set, say (7,7) 4 Overall improvement for a fisherman? (3,4) 5 Huge doctor joins relative assimilation (7) 7 Fastidious janitor? (9) 8 Disordered unity, working with daughter (6) 9 Asleep – late, as far as everyone else is concerned (4,2,3,5) 15 Bankrupt at home, getting thinner (9) 16 Yes to Ken restructuring foundation (8) 18 Accuse every rascal first (7) 19 A crude construction getting round land (7) 20 In the morning, I leave singular friends abroad (6) 23 Spoke repeatedly about raid on island (5)