CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bishop on walk to get shrub ( 7) 5 Have lawmen join ship ( 7) 9 Press worried about union sailor becoming a celebrity ( 9) 10 Former spouse unexpectedly due for release ( 5) 11 Gossip about milliner ( 7) 12 Ambassador left one home for somewhere to land ( 7) 13 Security somehow ruin act – a feature of the theatre ( 6,7) 18 Headlong for amusement ( 6- 7) 20 Cow herd turned into soup ( 7) 23 Furious about points on grade getting changed ( 7) 25 Deity has trouble around four ( 5) 26 At liberty, getting clean away, being selfemployed ( 9) 27 Office worker set off a storm ( 7) 28 Wrong about soldiers being in anguish ( 7)

DOWN

1 Payment system is included – back to first principles ( 6) 2 A quiet friend has airs – terrible evaluation ( 9) 3 Bicycle initially developed rust and blowout ( 5) 4 Come in – it’s an inflammation ( 9) 5 Sit in deeper chair ( 5) 6 Start doubting vermin might be present? ( 5,1,3) 7 Kit gets European joke ( 5) 8 Broadcasting about pressure, using money ( 8) 14 Bird is filed away by passenger ( 9) 15 Catholic student reaches highest point, being most bright ( 9) 16 Conceit or carnage – awkward ( 9) 17 Stupid group, stocky ( 8) 19 Arrival in a hollow, gaining victory ( 6) 21 Hatred of element – not sulphur ( 5) 22 Engineers able to repair ( 5) 24 It makes a straight line for a sovereign ( 5)