CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £100 CASH
ACROSS
1 Signing off the ballet’s production (3,3,4) 6 Flavouring makes daughter sick (4) 10 Training a German runner (7) 11 Acclaim for new idea to lose pub (7) 12 Distinguish European brandy during assignation (9) 13 Small anchor gives king advantage (5) 14 Deity wasted hours (5) 15 Fisherman’s gain, after expenses (3,6) 17 Very pale beans hold out (3-6) 20 Donkey spinning machine (5) 21 Student acted strangely (5) 23 Limit aortic fluid reaching storage unit (9) 25 A French figure has right to become a mythical being (7) 26 Revealed woman has incorporated diamonds (7) 27 Charge for ring (4) 28 Policemen finding Gainsborough reproductions? (4,2,4)
DOWN
1 Dream fancifully of having weapons (5) 2 Protracted month of Chinese retreat (4,5) 3 Drunk, get proposal in great detail (4-10) 4 Steal pub to profit (7) 5 Owls set out to be most obtuse (7) 7 One laid out as an epic poem (5) 8 Tell nine about coordinate with forbearance (9) 9 Image of rear overhang (4-10) 14 Chief aristocrat has a number of people (9) 16 Passionate about facial tan (9) 18 Lack of beer at party gets negative response (2,3,2) 19 Ruler sends me back to reporters (7) 22 Exercise bore (5) 24 Dirge about bank (5)
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word.
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