CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS 1 Asleep – out – if you don’t mind (6) 4 Infantile foreign character slid off horse (8) 10 About to get insurance to improve (7) 11 Soldier’s uniform (7) 12 Small dish for a cat (5) 13 Lazy without an undergarment (9) 14 Crucial to train pliant mortal (3-9) 18 Southern politicians accept burden - staying over (7,5) 23 Curse area, moving along in formation (9) 24 Executioner’s fourth musical means of execution (5) 25 Engineers have pamphlet to withdraw (7) 26 Chore to get press in force (7) 27 Subtle details make pleasant connections (8) 28 Monster sadly has no time for lecture (6)
DOWN 1 Capitalist is a pain, working to get teacher back (8) 2 Surround space with friends (8) 3 Spanish article removed from sausage and cabbage (5) 5 Musician to laugh and strip off (7) 6 Have a cigarette, getting directions to relax (7,2) 7 One university takes new line as a substitute (2,4) 8 Present system starts dissent (6) 9 Poster assembled at a fast tempo (6) 15 Spiteful Frenchman to affiliate with worker (9) 16 Being married, start to arrange endlessly (8) 17 Gas has gone dry – different after hour (8) 19 Mother gets a teen to cultivate sea creature (7) 20 A relic turned out to be a cake (6) 21 Ferryman puts a fellow behind church (6) 22 Old, old twitch is striking (6) 24 About to adore some garlic (5)
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TO ENTER: Call 0904 161 3700 and leave your answer and details, or text DXCRUS followed by a space, your answer, name and address details to 84915. Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Texts cost £1.50 plus your standard network rate. Lines close at midnight tonight. Or send your grid containing the answer in the shaded squares by posting it to: Crusader Crossword, May 14, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by May 15 at the latest. SP: Spoke – 0333 202 3390. For any postal enquiries, call helpline number. ● The winner will be the first random correct entry drawn from all entry routes after the closing date of May 21. NEED HELP? Call 0904 161 1609 for 5 extra clues! Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access charge.