CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Excellent option (6) 4 Youngster with ape developed a pulse (8)

10 No Remainer caught starting a chopper (7) 11 Implement found in stream around the borders (7) 12 Spin around Italy’s top city (5)

13 Receptive, Rob’s strangely missing outside (9) 14 Unintelligible writer inside peculiar male tribe (12) 18 Seething, indicate temperature threshold (7,5)

23 Lad improved in stature as a rabbit catcher (9) 24 Virginia has too much kirsch, initially, and spirit (5) 25 Poem, English, to block EU manoeuvre (7) 26 Alternative victory song, by the book (7)

27 Clean sties in a new way (8) 28 In an opulent way, as something may be deserved (6)

DOWN

1 Follow male first to get a screwdriver, say (8) 2 Finished pier design, starting to go off (8)

3 Chap new to magical group (5) 5 Sarah is making something hot (7)

6 Insurance mistake somewhere in the field (5,4)

7 Amuse oneself as an artisan (6) 8 Ventilate front of atrium using a tree (6)

9 Animal has right to a bit of chicken (6) 15 Illumination is lone arrangement during darkness (4,5)

16 Porridge tub makes a feature for the garden (8)

17 Pinch your old form, being furtive (8)

19 Without any members getting inebriated (7)

20 Local green, having tea, say (6) 21 Shouts in expression of gratitude (6)

22 Dropped everything in marsh (6)

24 Composer overdid removal of intro and finale (5)