CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1

Crow right inside container (4)

3 Pick stole out with daughter and accumulated (10)

9 Appealing to reduce

energy (4)

10 Food deprivation is in position, gaining a Republican victory (10)

11 Part-French, article about

sailor being psychotic (11)

15 Rascal with European routine showing resistance (9)

17 Father not working in

entertainment (5)

18 Drive badly when

distressed (3,2)

19 Feeling causes an

uproar (9)

20 Begin hourly deployment,

being friendly (11)

24 Sound judgment for a

jockey? (5,5)

25 Dismissal from live

tournament (4)

26 Judge new tastier

ingredients (4,6)

27 Intestine only has gas (4)

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Supports short person in form of sewing (10)

2 Expect worker, here across the Channel, to be stood on head (10)

4 Giant bird article (5)

5 Bishops in a race, running

around sea (9)

6 Musician on quiet

instrument (6,5)

7 Landowner loses last

hideaway (4)

8 Study unknown refuse (4)

12 Intended broadcast about

writer to be free (11)

13 Stop moving behind a tin construction – a winter defence (10)

14 Reading, say, won’t change shire, initially (6,4)

16 Sodium isn’t mixed with einsteinium with singular hostility (9)

21 Teach, as teacher,

retaining speed (5)

22 What managed to

defrost? (4)

23 Bird’s painful parting

without church (4)

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Actress Swank or Duff? (6) 1960s Bond Girl, Honor _ (8) _ Banderas, provided the voice for Shrek’s friend Puss In Boots (7) Ade _, married Jennifer Saunders in 1985 (9)

12 Dame Helen _, respected stage and screen thespian (6) Samantha _, plays EastEnder Ronnie Branning (6)

Scottish comedienne, _ Cameron (5) Journalist who has appeared in Celebrity MasterChef, _ StreetPorter (5)

Iconic boxing legend, Muhammad

_ (3)

Prolific musical writer, Lord Andrew _-Webber (5)

Former British Prime Minister,

Tony _ (5)

_ Mead, West End musical performer (3)

Actress who starred in A Quiet Place alongside her husband John Krasinski, _ Blunt (5)

Celebrity chef, Raymond _ (5)

_ L Jackson, voiced Frozone in The Incredibles films (6)

Blake _, mother of Ryan Reynolds’ first child (6)

Director of Big Eyes and Big Fish (3,6) Ben _, provided the voice of Paddington (7)

French fashion guru favoured by Madonna, Jean-Paul _ (8) All-Star Family Fortunes presenter, _ Kay (6) 1

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Model and activist formerly married to Paul McCartney (7,5)

Dallas Buyers Club co-star, Jared _ (4) US fashion model, Crystal _ (4) Keith _, celebrity creation of Leigh Francis (5)

US rapper born Curtis James Jackson, 50 _ (4)

‘I Need A Dollar’ hitmaker, _ Blacc (4) Pianist and singer/songwriter, _ Amos (4) Illusionist and sceptic, _ Brown (6) _ Poehler, star of hit sitcom Parks and Recreation (3)

Frankie _, Glaswegian comedian (5) Matt _, played Jason Bourne on the big screen (5)

Former children’s TV show host and CBB participant (5,7)

The current Doctor Who, _ Whittaker (5) _ Maguire, appeared in The Great Gatsby (5)

BBC sports presenter, _ Logan (5) _ O’Hanlon, Father Ted star (5) Welsh BBC newsreader and journalist, _ Edwards (3)

Hazel _, snooker presenter who hails from Scotland (6)

Bestselling Australian author, Kathy _ (5) Zane _, award-winning radio DJ (4) Brazilian Victoria’s Secret model, Adriana _ (4)

Half-sister of Liza Minnelli, Lorna _ (4) Ben Affleck’s Gone Girl co-star, Rosamund _ (4)

Martial artist and movie hero,

Jackie _ (4)