CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Capital almost purchased first play (4)

3 Call to identify where the band goes (4,6) 9 Resting places in the county (4)

10 Creche slow to deal with noisy creature (7,3)

11 I will tour arts organisation as an artist (11)

15 Able to wander at no charge with compass (4-5) 17 Colour of rock around church (5)

18 Start playing notes (5) 19 Flexible bit of poetry has tail rewritten (9)

20Turned to rehashing serious crime (4,7)

24 Stumble on a trite version in three sections (10) 25 Invent some money (4) 26 Twisting German article, in a sense (10)

27 Starts making every orphan wail, beastly noise (4)

DOWN

1 Talk of ordering too much boring healthy fare (6,4) 2 Mild, sedate, unsettled part of the world (6,4) 4 Suffer at home with dog (5) 5 Temporary drink for visitor, right after flyer (5,4)

6 Contain within box, having poor assembly (11) 7 Expand key argument (4) 8 Stream of brilliance (4) 12 Cancel eccentric chance to win some money (7,4) 13 Constantly light up China, transforming big city (5-5) 14 Present is nowhere and broken (4,3,3) 16 Raving about getting answer to helmsman (9) 21 Giant bird article (5) 22 Tiny part of a cat (4) 23 Climate veils city (4)