CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Restaurants start with a recipe for a bit of salad (6)

4 I must upset liberal, with American encouragement (8)

10 Chap left in the morning

first, in some light (7)

11 So far, put off by old

present (2,2,3)

12 Friend has nothing but

brass, say (5)

13 Forgery is the sincerest

form of flattery (9)

14 Prisoner, terminal, taking university student as an audience (12)

18 Extend upwards and make

a lot of noise (5,3,4)

23 Wove a boil into

ending (9)

24 Writer goes to church for

money (5)

25 Set down, then fall

asleep (4,3)

26 Space to cultivate alder –

that’s precious (7)

27 Grey sail moved in a

slippery way (8)

28 Informant at the bank (6)

DOWN

1 Real nice about dependence (8)

2 Throw away fish and dough ball (8)

3 Quick to relinquish power, being sordid (5)

5 Traveller is messing tutor around (7)

6 Notice the omen, terrible, about drug (9)

7 Fast finding one large pulse (6)

8 Rock around English craft (6)

9 Rigorous, small ploy not finished on time (6)

15 Woman minus order, having nothing of one mind (9)

16 Visit, having worn out county (8)

17 Criminal bid has to finish (8)

19 Wicked, getting king a lot to drink (7)

20 Listen out for seasonal embellishment (6)

21 Influenced person has circuit to follow (6)

22 Animal has right to be sullen (6)

24 Heard quiet section (5) ●