CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Message about American temperature – topping! (7) 5 Judge cart, forced to change direction (7)

9 Limited pub side was chaotic (9)

10 Some music to tease Georgia (5) 11 Supervise concerning diocese (7)

12 Traitor played part in slum (7)

13 Pity skinflint – too manic, running around (13)

18 Now foretold no new fortress (5,2,6) 20 Important people have large rugs (7)

23 Mug returns doctor to work – sweet (7)

25 Recluse left – single, right? (5) 26 Playwright lost head, ordering duel in recess (9) 27 Furniture item helps an actor (7)

28 Leave without singular fool, say (7)

DOWN

1 About permit being green (6) 2 Scared about bully – that’s above criticism (6,3) 3 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5)

4 Feel bid is generating doubt (9)

5 Detector held by extra darlings (5) 6 Immediate rifts developing with worker (9) 7 Jeopardy didn’t start rage (5) 8 Catching one of the accessories (8)

14 Rig dramas performed for celebration (5,4) 15 Delighted about old and new goals initially being expanded (9)

16 Target underground inflatable (5,4)

17 Kick student in bed for having a light beard (8)

19 Cheerful way to start song (6) 21 Type of green construction (5) 22 European in risk management – he goes downhill fast (5) 24 Customs put extra on last of cigarettes (5)