The Squire’s clues
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Lead meeting carbon on
mop (5)
4 Fruit fly going around
Ireland, note (9)
9 Crude depiction’s thus a
failure (15)
10 Lively Frenchman about
to turn in cut string (9) 11 Wrinkle in defaced
material (5)
12 Priest parishioner sides
with to uplift (7) 13 Plumbers head in to
remove drain (7) 15 Slate on remodelled
structures (4-3) 18 Medicine men pretended was unopened and contained (7)
20 Dictator back in charge
is a monster (5) 22 Feedback certain, so
dealt with (9)
24 Turk working out nude
craned too much (6,9) 25 English genetic material’s in the box forever (9)
26 Some could gel after
party trick (5)
DOWN
1 Bill raised with good
reason (5)
2 An American tier sounded
grim (7)
3 Vile soldiers dog grandmother without end (9)
4 Plant specified story with
a cut (7)
5 Frosting missed, say, or
caught (7)
6 Ninety splitting fish stand
out (5)
7 Strong iron wings under
pressure (7)
8 The last part aggravates
risks (9)
12 Pleasant friend cheers up
on island retreat (9) 14 Smashed copper
treadle’s repaired (9) 16 Yobs originally in shot
locate follower (7) 17 Outlandish county cut off
after lockdown starts (7) 18 Take bread and yam
starters back (5,2) 19 Decorated knight in love
with date (7)
21 A student just under ten
turned red (5)
23 Material taken to court by
egghead (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 Seat (5)
4 Small orange (9)
9 Simple (15)
10 Vigorous (9)
11 Cloth made from flax (5) 12 High-ranking clergyman (7) 13 Run down (7)
15 Sloping outbuildings (4-3) 18 Witch doctors (7)
20 Online provocateur (5) 22 Responses (9) 24 Intolerable (6,9)
25 Without end (9)
26 Evade, avoid (5)
DOWN
1 Bring about (5)
2 Spartan (7)
3 Abhorrent (9)
4 Scottish emblem (7) 5 Spotted (7)
6 Do well (5)
7 Extreme (7)
8 Imperils (9)
12 Pleasant to taste (9)
14 Very drunk (9)
16 Follower or assistant (7) 17 Bizarre (7)
18 Wait in readiness (5,2) 19 Embellished (7)
21 Vladimir ___, founder of the
Bolsheviks (5)
23 Napped leather (5)