CRUSADER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Woman supplying herb (8)

5 Usual practice of copper’s cat (6)

10 Understand goons unusually

refuse to give in (5,4,6)

11 Hurry to collect bachelors with

one litter (7)

12 Lab gear moved for part of

maths (7)

13 Putting lad off, I’d ruined

plant (8)

15 Woman with domestic animal

returning slightly warm (5)

18 Song from the past included by

cool dietitian (5)

20 Reasonable friend receiving

ring before the German (8)

23 Topic for citizen of monarchy (7)

25 Got up after meal to get

flower (3,4)

26 Incredibly keen, she’s too late

for run (4,2,4,5)

27 Scottish river interior free from

ridicule (6)

28 With lord, many moving

haphazardly (8)

DOWN

1 Engineers, kind, finding place

for holidays (6)

2 Right side taken by celebrity on

committee (9)

3 Part of body shown by first of

dancers inside firm, if possible (7)

4 Farm included by gran

cheerfully (5)

6 Honourable, correct, out of bed

first (7)

7 Part of hand dipped into mint

humbugs (5)

8 Male with identification touches down in part of England (8)

9 A seaman originally having travelled on a ship being attacked (8)

14 Notes proposal for relegation (8)

16 Our temple produces oil (9) 17 Lettuce given to group journalist pampered (8) 19 Downcast, having missed the beginning when thrown out (7) 21 Got to socialist concealing pain (7)

22 My sale turned out to be very small (6) 24 Motorcyclist, British one, initially knocking with hesitation (5) 25 Greek character producing article with volunteers (5)