THE SUNDAY CRUSADER AND HIS SQUIRE
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Overtime around
mid-august, say (5) 4 Fighters postpone melee, having no heart (9)
9 Huge things are in pieces around a madman (5-10)
10 Idiot and lady entering
plant together (9) 11 Shared starters a person
did well (5)
12 New Orleans is a
different city (7)
13 Wine produced - a little
shiraz? (7)
15 Theologian eating fruit
spotted (7)
18 Sally runs in front after
Edward (7)
20 A dish turning berserk
covers her back (5) 22 Stuff made with china backed by foreign money (9)
24 Aggressive cheat cut from team primary in public (15)
25 Teacher speaking out against low grade improved upon (9) 26 Stuff coming back
covered with blood (5)
Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire,
lead to the same answers in the Crusader’s Sunday joust
DOWN
1 Venue closer to men in a
field (5)
2 Gem since added to a ring
received by a young lady (7) 3 Brief FM broadcast with a
following Queen number (9) 4 Welcome following about to
play (7)
5 City, close, seen over a
barrier (7)
6 Gas grenade stern copper
wants (5)
7 A man about to steal from
his shelled city (7) 8 Damaged Easter egg set
apart (9)
12 Group opposing fun
companions (9)
14 People heartlessly turned in
running off (9)
16 An associate let up, being
level-headed (7) 17 Orders sad extremists
called up (7) 18 King leading sly adult around northern
county (7) 19 Small slate near a
dropped tool (7) 21 Oar fixed with cheers on
a vessel (5)
23 One has vases beginning
to crack (5)
ACROSS
The Squire’s clues 1 Bicker (5) 4 Antagonists (9) 9 Monumental (5-10) 10 Gathered (9) 11 Excelled (5)
12 Port in SW Italy (7) 13 Portuguese island (7) 15 Mottled (7) 18 Comeback (7)
20 Mild Indian curry (5) 22 Substances (9) 24 Bellicose (15) 25 Exceeded (9) 26 Canyon (5)
DOWN
1 Stadium (5)
2 Fire opal (7)
3 Fleeting (9)
4 Shakespeare tragedy (7) 5 Capital of Brandenburg in E
Germany (7)
6 Requires (5)
7 Capital of Kenya (7) 8 Separate, divide (9) 12 Subordinate companions (9) 14 Going away (9)
16 Other half (7)
17 Insists upon (7)
18 Historic English county (7) 19 Tool for turning nuts and
bolts (7)
21 Main artery of the body (5) 23 Puzzle out (5)