CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tarnished fellow volunteers at home first (7) 5 Dismiss objection to old instrument (7) 9 Solved miracle with Greek character, based on experience (9) 10 Nervous part of speech (5) 11 Croon about queen and public official (7) 12 Irritated by light behind new tent (7) 13 Interim boss at the theatre (6,7) 18 Men too disturbed by sound of a creepy study (13) 20 Disadvantage of French remit having changed (7) 23 Restful to point to fleas jumping around uranium (7) 25 Drive rascal to get Spanish article (5) 26 New rival has elegant exterior, like an old knight (9) 27 Tends to work with doctor that’s furthest (7) 28 Meets problem with kinetic energy that’s most yielding (7)

DOWN

1 Fish right inside ditch (6) 2 Bring in worker who’s vital (9) 3 Spin around island city (5) 4 Daughter to cart lion about, according to belief (9) 5 Loans arranged at the hairdresser’s (5) 6 Dopey pet gets a pick-me-up (9) 7 Stop a novice being boring (5) 8 Chap finds another turning too red outside (8) 14 Work around a ruin, old fruit (9) 15 Mother gets in trouble with Frenchman’s attraction (9) 16 Very strong girl joining English police (4-5) 17 Main news is chief finding range (8) 19 Energy permissible to extract (6) 21 Sulked on a scooter (5) 22 Understood to be in Latin (5) 24 Small veal concoction for bondsman (5)