CRUSADER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Scars seen by mother with new person skilled in shooting (8) 5 Small vehicle used by journalist, alarmed (6) 10 Disturba Scot dozing if he’s with Leo, e.g. (4,2,3,6) 11 Woman and boy catching one shirking (7) 12 Many initially used by politician and adolescent (7) 13 E.g., boxer, German, with the Spanishtrivial verse (8) 15 Duck initially damaging gardening implement (5) 18 Fat covered by robes easily (5) 20 Firstto tryperformance, not as insensitive (8) 23 One in sea, about 50, needing examination(7) 25 Spiteful woman with large sum of money for plant (7) 26 Drunk, worn out(3,5,3,4) 27 Baby in company’s group(6) 28 One criticized about ring being cut off (8)

DOWN

1 Expert dog owner (6) 2 Equipment givento mother with part in complicated procedure (9) 3 Second commanding officer with jewellery itemgetting a goal (7) 4 Performance about an area of London (5) 6 First of childrenjumped o n o n e foot whencut(7) 7 Bring up beams, say (5) 8 Glass container used by worker during month with the queen (8) 9 Inn shown in sou v e ni r from state withoutmona r ch (8) 14 Woman notas hard-hearted (8) 16 Given ten bits, an eccentric, self-denying (9) 17 Make-up item from China originally - it comes damaged (8) 19 Include directions before completion(7) 21 First of lines I later translated word for word (7) 22 Celebrity journalist having looked for along time (6) 24 Clothing for doctor on Eastern ship (5) 25 Copper with fellows originally starting strikes (5)