CRUSADER CROSSWORD WIN £100

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH

ACROSS

1 Defender, British one, showing

courage (8)

5 Short brat up misbehaving (6)

10 Unusual fare is bad for the people of similar character (5,2,1,7)

11 A French doctor in place with

clothes for washing (7)

12 Party member using Braille,

confused (7)

13 Line Bess changed, being

wise (8)

15 Directions given to woman to

follow (5)

18 Group in club at church (5)

20 Georgia, the socialist,

understood (8)

23 Turtle not needing soft

ground (7)

25 Cautious European in vehicle,

almost packed (7)

26 Secret initially terrifying man

revealing swindle (10,5)

27 Come out of store, finally, with

fuse (6)

28 Hot member with a smaller

amount, not dangerous (8)

DOWN

1 Graduate with bachelors before

the French talk (6)

2 Fat Celt, Ron, up changing (9)

3 Some robes I designed as well (7)

4 Agile one on foot in New York (5)

6 Head of biology on walk finding

shrub (7)

7 Some infamous heretics - one

showing people to seats (5)

8 Delighted to see stream in article

by daughter (8)

9 A fellow articulate and rich (8)

14 Bishop, for example, inside with

novice (8)

16 Decipher flesh file to reveal

how long something remains usable (5,4)

17 Able Scot’s unusual

impediment (8)

19 Title of principal in capital of

Germany (7)

21 The queen meeting deserter with

hesitation revealing mistake (7)

22 Small pieces left among

counterfeits (6)

24 Wash siren, possibly (5)

25 Companies originally advertising

chocolate drink (5) read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word

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