THE SUNDAY CRUSADER The Squire’s clues

The Crusader’s clues

ACROSS

1 Path back from shut

bar (5)

4 Note about painful

violation (9)

9 Buzz friend surprising the dashing climber (5,10)

10 Attraction reverses

problems (9)

11 Sly leader isn’t a good

person (5)

12 Get something for mutt

escaping lead (7) 13 City beginning to sicken

pale marine (7)

15 An old flame sat in the

open (7)

18 Creative work line in

hard water story (7) 20 Caught on the horn,

flush (5)

22 Flyers gazing around a

corner see opening (9) 24 A change of heart,

perhaps (5,10)

25 Fifty in Panama fix

position (9)

26 Random sides of sunlit

beam (5)

DOWN

1 Affianced, drawn? (5) 2 Fuss following return of

cold eggs and fruit (7) 3 Put on small loafers (9) 4 Food chef cut with initial

vigour (7)

5 Old city records cover

exploit hard to top (7) 6 Student out of class admitting to short flings (5)

7 Characters inclined to

stand out (7)

8 Super European

woofer (5,4)

12 The House of Lords,

say? (4,5)

14 Animals run into

stakes (9)

16 Country girl half

concealed by a city (7) 17 Pennies devious reeves

are entitled to (7) 18 Opposing ace gets it

back (7)

19 A mythological

horseman? (7)

21 Poet put on notice

cleared out (5)

23 A dish put away

empty (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 Lag behind (5) 4 Contravening (9) 9 Bittersweet (5,10) 10 Disadvantages (9) 11 Patron ___ (5) 12 Acquire, obtain (7)

13 Port of S Wales (7) 15 Brought to light (7) 18 Newspaper piece (7) 20 Wounded by a horn or

tusk (5)

22 Common European

songbirds (9)

24 Surgical relocation (5,10) 25 Positioning (9)

26 Wander off (5)

DOWN

1 Pulled (a vehicle) (5) 2 Alligator pear (7)

3 Lazy people (9)

4 Sweet French roll or bun (7) 5 Ancient Greek city (7) 6 Groups of actors (5) 7 Printing in a sloping type (7) 8 Large dog (5,4) 12 Contemporaries (4,5) 14 Gazelles, gnus etc. (9) 16 Capital of Umbria (7)

17 Be worthy of (7)

18 In opposition to (7)

19 Half man, half horse (7) 21 John ___, English poet (5) 23 SE Asian kebabs (5)