SUNDAY CRUSADER AND HIS SQUIRE
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Lengthy affairs, even
when they’re over (5) 4 Scream directed at a
curlew? (9)
9 Another divine
Coloradan genius
(8,2,5)
10 A model studied an English philosopher but it’s a dull business (9) 11 Foolish man turning
against sweetheart (5) 12 Inaccuracy avoided, pain
announced (7)
13 Crack about tracks in a
small department (7) 15 Set to haul around - it’s
back-breaking (7) 18 Goddess maybe does without temple half seen from the east (7)
20 She gets on around
mid-morning (5) 22 Wealthy influencer left in
place by a bad actor (9) 24 It’s almost too late to fit nice mink he ordered (2,3,4,2,4)
25 Find out what’s inside
fab sort of canister (9) 26 Material closer to bright
little penny (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 A student boarding ends up
torn (5)
2 Black looks good on junior
socialist (7)
3 Supporter unlikely to show
pride (5,4)
4 Fellow principal said it’s a
drug (7)
5 Tale making a funny dig
initially wandered (7)
6 Bird ascending by
accommodating vicar (5)
7 A night in Paris is covered by
a bit of regular income (7) 8 City waste on a street briefly encompassed by a dirty look (9)
12 Overweight girl having not
finished an earlier drink (9) 14 Get real enemy back
dividing a sweet (4,3,2) 16 Info about quote from
ancestors? (7)
17 Otherwise peculiar unionist rejected something unoriginal (7)
18 Inebriated physician not
understanding (7) 19 Insect expression a little
bit esoteric? (7) 21 Curse put on succeeding
head of state (5) 23 Tendency of trying
beginners to object (5)
ACROSS
The Squire’s clues
1 Epic tales (5)
4 Howl, wail (9)
9 Mona Lisa’s painter (8,2,5) 10 Rotary exercise
machine (9)
11 Unworldly (5)
12 Blunder (7)
13 Translate from code (7) 15 Standard (7)
18 Mother of Persephone (7) 20 Patron saint of virgins (5) 22 Wealthy leader (9)
24 Not a moment too soon
(2,3,4,2,4)
25 Determine for sure (9) 26 Rough woollen cloth (5)
DOWN
1 Divide (5)
2 Scowls (7)
3 Hold your head up (5,4) 4 Morphine-derived
painkiller (7)
5 Ambled (7)
6 Large black crow (5) 7 Yearly payment to a
beneficiary (7)
8 City of central England (9) 12 Tequila cocktail (9) 14 Give me a break (4,3,2) 16 Hereditary (7) 17 Reproduction (7) 18 Intoxicated (7) 19 Destructive ant-like
insect (7)
21 Promise solemnly (5) 23 Fashion (5)