The Crusader’s clues The Squire’s clues
ACROSS
1 Poke with second and
third finger (5) 4 Programme changing a
liar’s opinion (9)
9 Grand local men shot
fugitive (3-12) 10 Unreliable cadet on a
bad line (9)
11 Room above an
abstainer, like (5) 12 Insane jarhead circles a
city (3,4)
13 A recluse has the answer, going around a compound (7) 15 Opposing Turkish leader,
nits revolt (7) 18 Exception made by a reformed layman becoming a ringbearer (7)
20 Long word like
‘disinclined’ (5) 22 Stones Leo removed from different stately homes (9)
24 A woeful sort of
tradition? (10,5)
25 Not wearing red, sage
changed clothes (9) 26 Paper round shy elitist
starts, perhaps (5)
DOWN
1 Maybe play a passing
shot (5)
2 Brass plate back aboard a
ship (7)
3 A model and a theologian
have softened (5,4) 4 Porter takes after
advocate... (7) 5 ...in front of uncles cutting a
tree (7)
6 Not having a clue, in the
main? (2,3)
7 Cheese shop initially unilluminated from below (7)
8 It follows a soldier in close
by (9)
12 Every debt under two
quarters is accepted (9) 14 Bad feeling one gets in a
trap? (9) 16 Desert area outlaw died
next to (7) 17 Rubbish tern’s beginning
to go like a duck (7) 18 Unlimited layers close to
gross creatures (3-4) 19 Attacks trouble sage
leader succeeding fool (7) 21 Animal filling some chaps
with desire (5)
23 I’m afraid to speak about
Darlington (5)
Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire,
lead to the same answers in the Crusader’s Sunday joust
ACROSS
1 Numeral (5)
4 Evaluation (9)
9 Broad (3-12)
10 Based on
reminiscences (9) 11 Garret, loft (5)
12 Capital of Costa Rica (3,4) 13 Vitamin A (7)
15 Opposed to (7) 18 Irregularity (7)
20 Reluctant (5)
22 Purple gemstones (9) 24 ___ is full of woe (10,5) 25 Trousers with straps and
bib (9)
26 Disquisition (5)
DOWN
1 Serious play (5) 2 Historic sailing ship (7) 3 Moderated (5,4) 4 Disciple (7)
5 Well-liked (7) 6 Bewildered (2,3) 7 Strong white or blue
cheese (7)
8 In a systematic way (9) 12 Gulped (9) 14 Odontalgia (9)
16 Leave in the lurch (7) 17 Drivel, piffle (7) 18 Arboreal Madagascan
primates (3-4) 19 Besets (7)
21 Laughing ___ (5) 23 Regrettably (5)