CRUSADER CROSSWORD
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word
ACROSS
1 Gesture after round of
contest in hot spell (8)
5 Plant initially collected before
performance by us (6)
10 Getting bather’s wet top, he upset those in authority (3,6,4,2)
11 Groups of eight getting to
caves somehow (7)
12 Walker with sheep, British, seen
next to the French river (7)
13 Female listener not as brave (8)
15 Sketched, looking strained (5)
18 Retaken exam about saint
includes one (5)
20 Close son somehow showing
the ability to stay calm (8)
23 Insignificant man with lion,
possibly (7)
25 Arrive after unacceptable
result (7)
26 Become very angry, offhand,
they fell and broke (3,3,3,6)
27 Seldom undercooked, large
youth’s starter (6)
28 An old cur damaging pot (8)
DOWN
1 Sought-after boxer with
sausage sandwich (3,3)
2 Eccentric later on loch
showing vigilance (9)
3 We hover, upsetting
unspecified person (7)
4 Opinions of vistas (5)
6 Embarrassed dame has gone
to pieces (7)
7 Drink a litre – the whole
amount (5)
8 Guiding gent, rise
awkwardly (8)
9 Directions given to journalists initially ordering coffee (8) 14 Unusual case, delayed, involving rocket (8) 16 A bachelor’s reason against meeting the German runaway (9)
17 Move ferns rat destroyed (8) 19 Needing repaired lute, fun musical (7)
21 New film on dance and game (7)
22 Man upset with average being lower (6)
24 Upsetting Roy, a male council leader (5)
25 Some interloper appearing for musical drama (5)
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