CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Exoneration of panderer

– criminal (4,6)

6 The burden we bear (4)

10 Country in large

peninsula (7)

11 Changing side about old

church in religious area (7)

12 Small beds, long,

evergreen (5,4)

13 Arrange letters for a

while (5)

14 Snake more angry when

beheaded (5)

15 Some lies about having a

cooking ingredient (6,3)

17 Writing puts soldier on

table (9)

20 I am unhappy without

student to inspire (5)

21 Puzzle concerning

transport (5)

23 A taxing time before

certifying (9)

25 Terribly grey big bird

inside shop (7)

26 Chicken embargo at

European plant (7)

27 Darn! It includes top of

the dish (4)

28 Reportedly honour a few

for interfering (10)

DOWN

1 Family succeeded after

some music (5)

2 Decorate space, using red

biro (9)

3 Harp is played with tenor, say, making local record (6,8)

4 Develop a desire for

money (7)

5 For instance, one head

showing strange quality (7)

7 Resort accommodating

English relative (5)

8 Shade depressed, following

swirling sleet (5,4)

9 Domestic joint generating

complaint (10,4)

14 When father turns sugar

into a vegetable (9)

16 Glib taboo about

indispensable part (9)

18 Examine any sale a

different way (7)

19 Snag – journalist is

married (7)

22 Smashed and penniless (5)

24 Being rebellious about

bird (5) ●