CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Special honour for residence, getting silver ( 6)

4 Academic workshop - dust

edges off ( 8)

10 Hotel feature provides tiny

amount of pressure ( 7)

11 Draw a race cart that got

smashed ( 7)

12 Clean around small

bag ( 5)

13 Employees fish first for

part of a weapon ( 9)

14 Aid alligator - devious, like

a warrior ( 12)

18 Very hot location when

anger breaks out ( 7,5)

23 Run and visit - somehow the conclusion is unwelcome ( 9)

24 Hang out by a country ( 5)

25 Smart alec puts hill

around Washington ( 4- 3)

26 Glowing youngster in front

of timeless shelter ( 7)

27 Predator finds score

terribly low ( 5,3)

28 Dull routine in coach for

assassin ( 6)

DOWN

1 Poet doesn’t finish part of book in front of site ( 4,4)

2 City torn apart during

dinner, say ( 8)

3 Wind key inside part of

wall ( 5)

5 Huntsman makes circuit

with hesitation ( 7)

6 Girlfriend to show anger at

sign of age ( 4,5)

7 At the same level in

mansion apartment ( 2,1,3)

8 Leave Shropshire’s borders

with aristocrat ( 3,3)

9 Give mine weapons in

unpleasant place ( 6)

15 Immunise copper in

unbridled elation ( 9)

16 Upset if elegy forms a

thread ( 8)

17 Book about tin production

in fabled location ( 8)

19 Student, depressed,

accepted help and hid ( 4,3)

20 Pointer used to provoke ( 6)

21 Relish a tricky situation ( 6)

22 Snort about group’s leader

being powerful ( 6)

24 More willing to be an

armchair competitor ( 5)