CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Prisoner’s robbery plot (10)

6 Miracle found to hold key (4)

10 Notes employed and made safe (7)

11 Novel in genuine renovation (7)

12 Finish period of time in tea production (9)

13 Recruited communist after greeting (5)

14 Worn out – gruelling start is inappropriate (5)

15 Trifle pooled another way for pet (3,6)

17 Mislay organ and become discouraged (4,5)

20 Tests ethics, but not initially (5)

21 Nowadays, party has to improvise (2-3)

23 Celebrity has no time to upset tailor about clothes (9)

25 Capitol rebuilt in sight (7)

26 Flier reaches starting point by way of hill (7)

27 Aunt mad for fish (4)

28 See cat creep off with the French container (10)

DOWN

1 Student acted strangely (5)

2 New fear breaking out promises to be wicked (9)

3 Not taking the blame for transferring money (7,3,4)

4 Element is shining (7)

5 Sculpt next to railway restaurant (7)

7 Inferior cow, we hear (5)

8 Dull serfs improved in formal attire (4,5)

9 Ran photo off to record first human scientist (14)

14 Abandon a fight for an informal stroll (9)

16 It’s a lucid arrangement, twofold (9)

18 A bishop loves cocktail that’s clear (7)

19 Sailor repeatedly getting end of sausage served raw (7)

22 City can provide language (5)

24 Huge Elgar composition (5)