CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Unable to hear without a lie about poison (6) City is not good around river crossing (8) Start to talk about rear (5,2)

Search the web for some material (7)

12 Get drunk, and fast (5)

13 Way to behave is quite wrong – better removed edges (9) Molesting our unfortunate fortune-teller (12) Chap negotiated pelt deal, given a tough coat (6-6) Ancient king, no man, played pastime inside (9) Learn layout of some organs (5) Mother’s sure to develop as a manipulator (7) Room first for a musician (7)

Liberal woman also hid letter (8) Befuddled fellow lost heart after booze (6)

DOWN

1 Newcomer has hollow tuba moved inside (8) Blonde willing to be a reasonable target (4,4)

3 Permissible to run away (5)

5 Sport – call back in the middle (7)

Use phone to acquire site, initially, and rubs out payment (9) Decorative gold, terribly neat (6)

Hesitate in tired arrangement about husband (6)

9 Go higher for attraction (6)

15 After increase in salary, he

will behave wildly (5,4)

16 Getting up a reputation (8)

17 I would attempt to take greeting abroad as worship (8) Generous socialist is related (7)

Clay spread around French article – madness (6) Three males holding a note on large creature (6)

22 Cleric is equal to boy (6)

24 It makes a straight line for

the sovereign (5)