CRUSADER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Journalist about to meet baggage carrier (8) 5 Hang around, reportedly, with load (6) 10 Create alcoholic crumbly pastry (9,6) 11 I noticed said monstrosity (7) 12 Popular trader’s stand set up for use (7) 13 Quiet son’s unexpected query (8) 15 Avoids aquatic birds (5) 18 Remedies mentioned for parts of feet (5) 20 Trader giving new men chart (8) 23 Newly enlisted member making wild cur tire (7) 25 Person originally getting secondmentioned dish (7) 26 Person in a routine giving cue to father I bar unexpectedly (8,2,5) 27 He interrupts Conservative’s speculative idea (6) 28 Tennis area used by European, extremely sporty, with good manners (8)

DOWN

1 Severe reprimand for firework (6) 2 Course of action ruder cop somehow explained initially (9) 3 One involved in organised tour so disorderly (7) 4 Delete some opera section (5) 6 Former copper’s meeting journalist being pardoned (7) 7 Included by Hugh, an African country (5) 8 Energetic, it upset engineers not as much (8) 9 Bishop, say, inside with novice (8) 14 Juvenile making bad mum irate (8) 16 Police officer finding cheat with stall (9) 17 Quick way used by curt copper appearing on time (5,3) 19 Saint with total stammer (7) 21 Needing warmth, the woman’s shrub (7) 22 Most of cave youth leader found to be unpleasant (6) 24 Pancake for salesperson in the outskirts of Cambridge (5) 25 Picture burning in post office (5)