The Crusader’s clues The Squire’s clues
ACROSS
1 A soft-hearted man’s
tree (5)
4 Tonic mixed in without
penalties (9)
9 Net cast first due to
dance? (5,10) 10 Contractor, being rich,
spent recklessly (9)
11 A goddess in deep on
arrival (5)
12 Girl fine with English
entertainment (7) 13 High-up counters?
Despicable! (3-4) 15 Degenerate graduates in
action (7)
18 Repaired key, in a way, a
little seedier (7)
20 City pact residents can’t
face, by god! (5) 22 Grown slob tossed a
little penny (9)
24 Ref out with pure cohort
as usual (3,3,3,6) 25 Memo about account’s
initial balance (9)
26 Fed ensures decent
leads end a racket (5)
DOWN
1 Bird no closer to cross
grouses (5)
2 Childless person with a hankering aboard a vessel (7)
3 Queen, a band in Russia
not half mistaken (9) 4 Spook spinning records
with care making a ton (7) 5 Nervous model admitted
being dull (7)
6 Tale oddly featured in Bond
book (5)
7 Dividing empties, Liberal, Republican and Socialist drink (7)
8 Roman god upset about
stigma not ending (9) 12 Fish catching up with a
criminal (9)
14 Humorist a cowled paragon
resisted (9)
16 Trainee reporter writing up
elevated book material (7) 17 Indebted American talked
about (7)
18 Jetty accommodating a
lone leader (7)
19 An old poet not a great
success (4,3) 21 Azerbaijani oddball sides
with one dressing (5) 23 Fear of wedding’s
centrepiece, say (5)
Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire,
lead to the same answers in the Crusader’s Sunday joust
ACROSS
1 ___ syrup (5)
4 Authorises (9)
9 Final, take-home (5,10) 10 Closing ring of muscle (9) 11 Celtic goddess of
horses (5)
12 Japanese, ‘empty
orchestra’ (7) 13 Underhand (3-4) 15 Degraded (7)
18 Mended by covering (7) 20 Capital of Ghana (5) 22 Bloomed (9)
24 Normal (3,3,3,6) 25 Residue, rest (9)
26 Ate dinner (5) 1 Grumbles (5)
2 Large jug (7)
3 Incorrect (9)
4 Phantom (7)
5 Unbiased (7)
6 Name of a literary or artistic
work (5)
7 Rich dark sherry (7) 8 Continuing (9)
12 Abductor (9)
14 Endured, bore (9) 16 Stiffened cotton or linen
fabric (7)
17 Discussed (7)
18 Trailblazer (7)
19 Scoring hit in baseball (4,3) 21 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 23 Trepidation (5)