THE SUNDAY CRUSADER AND HIS SQUIRE

The Crusader’s clues

ACROSS

1 Part of England, in

truth (5)

4 Known pairing? It’s

complete (3-3-3)

9 A description, for

example (5-4,6) 10 Drunk bands on top, you

might say (2,2,5) 11 Quiet communist finds a

bit (5)

12 Neckwear everyone

wears fits (7)

13 Another idle poser is struck and can’t stand (7)

15 Detailed claim some

disprove quickly (7) 18 Weapon wound on a

girl’s face (7)

20 Praise of green driver finally alert after backfire (5)

22 Infirm windbag keeps a

bend hidden (9) 24 Exposed shot ethereal

tonight? (2,3,10) 25 Required list of duties

given back to a girl (9) 26 Second take a spouse

cropped (5)

DOWN

1 IVS for English users (5) 2 It’s great, like

9 Across (7)

3 Article covering hasty

rout (9)

4 Beasts about to get on

empty rafts (7)

5 Material about Alaska an

editor’s improved (7) 6 What’s required of a

copper born earlier (5) 7 City train oddly going in

circles (7)

8 Shattered resident’s

desire to sleep (9) 12 Azurite bust quietly embraced marks shape (9)

14 Favourite part? Er, it’s

crude (9)

16 Pressured student disheartened again in school (5,2)

17 Play around to torment

coy insider (7)

18 Casual, like an onscreen

flasher? (7)

19 An exhibition shows the

way (3,4)

21 Cut that includes a film

character (5) 23 Recovering father given a

challenge (5)

Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire,

lead to the same answers in the Crusader’s Sunday joust

ACROSS

The Squire’s clues 1 Aspect (5)

4 Utter (3-3-3) 9 Majuscule (5-4,6) 10 As it were (2,2,5) 11 Torn strip (5) 12 Corresponds (7) 13 Find wholly

unacceptable (7)

15 Of tempo, fast (7) 18 Short curved sword (7) 20 Glorify, laud (5) 22 Maintained secretly (9) 24 Unclothed (2,3,10) 25 Compulsory (9) 26 Strimmed (5)

DOWN

1 Petits ___ (5)

2 Chief city (7)

3 Sound defeat (9)

4 Asian wild asses (7) 5 Fine-tuned (7)

6 Requires (5)

7 Canadian province (7) 8 Fatigue (9)

12 Small bone of the wrist (9) 14 Crude oil occurring in

rock (9)

16 Was supported by (5,2) 17 Shakespeare tragedy (7) 18 Superficial (7)

19 Aerial entertainment (3,4) 21 Eighth Greek letter (5) 23 Presumed (5)