The Squire’s clues
ACROSS
1 A lot of pastries fed
many (5)
4 Stinker raving about a
city (9)
9 When it isn’t on the
house, it’s insulting (15) 10 Commentary about Indian bread in a deli gone bad (9)
11 Shadow cabinet member ends trouble (5)
12 Braggart had gibe
prepared (7)
13 A bird box on the front
of a bank (7)
15 Water vessel less likely
to sink? (7) 18 Revolutionary shot makes up for a cocktail (7)
20 Around 11 ice cream
containers? (5) 22 Perhaps a fallen bough
split (6,3)
24 Does it counteract environmental warming? (3,12)
25 Model car modelled on
high-end sports car (9) 26 A sense of place,
reportedly (5)
DOWN
Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire,
lead to the same answers in the Crusader’s Sunday joust
1 Interrupt pops on
purpose (5)
2 Long metal ruler not up to
scratch (7)
3 Drowsy minion oddly
insolent (9)
4 Finally, Manchester United
got their act together (7) 5 Sitting up, he consumed
food (7)
6 He painted a queen not
having a change of heart (5) 7 When there’s nothing on the
radio? (4,3)
8 A plant not guaranteed to
blossom (9)
12 Cabal used hot material for
headwear (9)
14 Bold or outspoken rogue
brought up debts (9) 16 Information about anger originally considered imprecise (7)
17 Save up casually or with
great zeal (7)
18 Shock troops letting
leaders in look hard (7) 19 Last challenger only the
first defeated (7)
21 Haggard beauty getting
aboard stood out (5)
23 Fruit hard to cut - it’s a
struggle! (5)
ACROSS
1 Heaps (5)
4 Netherlands port (9) 9 Insulting (15)
10 Leader (9)
11 Path, track (5) 12 Egotist (7)
13 Small finch-like bird (7) 15 More airy (7) 18 Motorcycle addition (7) 20 Pine ___ (5)
22 Diverge (6,3)
24 Climate control (3,12) 25 Original model (9) 26 Vision (5)
DOWN
1 Brief stop (5)
2 Without (7)
3 Sleepy (9)
4 Bounced back (7)
5 Mexican filled maize
shells (7)
6 Max ___, German artist (5) 7 Silence in a broadcast (4,3) 8 Hawthorn (9)
12 Knitted head and neck
covering (9)
14 Daring (9)
16 Unbranded (7)
17 In an extreme way (7) 18 Make jump (7)
19 Shutting (7)
21 Emitted light (5)
23 Scuffle (5)