CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

WIN £100 CASH

ACROSS

1 Everything identical, nevertheless (3,3,4) 6 Seafood often caught by oarsman (4)

10 Many unfortunately ruin country (7) 11 Scoundrel is repeatedly like this (2-3-2)

12 Woman’s mood is a beastly disease (9)

13 Covered the inside that’s wrinkled (5)

14 Creature all over mother (5) 15 Inform it’s not dark between spaces (9)

17 Lack of cover ends snake manoeuvre (9)

20 Tried working when exhausted (5)

21 Make almost nothing and do without (5)

23 Spread rag out, and soldier takes it (9)

25 Clear about no good interior – it’s dropped by mistake (7) 26 Change pen with old one, and new inside (7) 27 Attorney volunteers information (4) 28 Condense storage of French bit (10)

DOWN

1 Dream about carrying a weapon (5)

2 Usurer rearranging salon, listen (4,5)

3 Beat time and covered terrible song energetically (6,3,5) 4 Stop her ruining part of poem (7)

5 Wind is medium, art is awfully large (7)

7 Artist and professor in their element (5) 8 Extensive need developed and expanded (9) 9 Appreciable difference, not wasting time in summer (8,6) 14 Yearn to get confronted when gloomy (4-5)

16 Finish duration in tea production (9)

18 The Spanish meter reassessed something deciduous... (3,4) 19 ...or something coniferous on the right, less scruffy (7) 22 Criticise Sunday dinner (5)

24 It happened in the Seventies (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, December 21, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by December 22 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 31. 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.