CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Condiment as ordered by boy - the best ( 5,5)

6 Leaders of religious order

might perform play ( 4)

10 Give weapons to group as

a mark of respect ( 7)

11 Another release

concerning children ( 7)

12 Remove eccentric

payment method ( 5,4)

13 Follow directions and

bring an action ( 5)

14 Note has bearing on

banquet ( 5)

15 List includes wrong rate,

but can be fixed ( 9)

17 Christmas treat for

Cockney viewers ( 5,4)

20 Strongroom in Geneva,

ultimately ( 5)

21 Travel around America, with time and enthusiasm ( 5)

23 Second song is about

military alliance clinics ( 9)

25 Friend pursues drink in a

comprehensive way ( 7)

26 Taught Edward to embrace

wet conditions ( 7)

27 Tensed up, expecting to

conceal trick ( 4)

28 Leave soldiers at the front

division ( 10)

DOWN

1 Bear stall ( 5)

2 Idiot to blame Iran, stupidly ( 9)

3 Uninteresting, in everyone’s opinion, when fast asleep ( 4,2,3,5)

4 Shout about assistance returned? Brilliant ( 7)

5 Shorten a connection ( 7)

7 Round with a relative to watering hole ( 5)

8 Pressure on new journalist included, for example ( 9)

9 Biscuit treatise shows processing system ( 9,5)

14 Destined to have universal fighter disinfected ( 9)

16 Depressed, siren changed hair dye ( 4,5)

18 Tiny movement, holding small French article with panache ( 2,5)

19 Crooner finding art is an alternative ( 7)

22 Start paying attention to exercise ( 3,2)

24 Check gold object contains key ( 5)