The Crusader’s clues The Squire’s clues
ACROSS
1 Implied rubbish about a
cop (5)
4 Fish out of water
perhaps adorned (9) 9 Cheap but secure mat’s
been put out (7-8) 10 Stymied tin man rings
around (9)
11 Tot beginning to avoid
conflict (5)
12 Obscure city, when a
little balmy (7)
13 Dry skin possibly not a
problem (2,5)
15 Fights about sadists
now absent (7) 18 Honest speech about including source material (7) 20 Something to attend to
shortly after fair (5) 22 Hard sort of relic
covered with jam (9) 24 Act half as obediently, forced to ignore... (4,1,5,3,2) 25 ...unnecessary tirade about bareback rider’s midsection (9)
26 Fabric put on if nagging
starts (5)
DOWN
1 Bar over some nested
pipes (5)
2 Drawn film actor not
exactly acceptable (7) 3 Metal joints cut so not
recognised (9)
4 Vague info added to
timeline (7)
5 An African king back to
front and pale-faced (7) 6 What’s inside has to go
up (5)
7 When a delivery is
expected? (3,4)
8 One knocks over carried
rock (9)
12 Maybe Jimmy has to
write like Joseph (9) 14 Guards posted during
duel seem content (9) 16 Model in snap given
directions? (7)
17 Trouble facing a prophet
going round a country (7) 18 Crumbs on a shirt and
headwear (7)
19 Open boxes are around
empty gorge (7) 21 Paintings hung up aboard
a vehicle (5)
23 Heads of state heroes
have indicated (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 Unspoken (5)
4 Wreathed (9) 9 Clearance (7-8)
10 Left in a fix (9) 11 Excitement (5)
12 Keep secret (7)
13 Easily done (2,5) 15 Withstands (7) 18 Frankness (7) 20 Occurrence (5) 22 Hard-hearted (9) 24 Pretend not to see
(4,1,5,3,2) 25 Unemployed (9) 26 Smooth glossy fabric (5)
DOWN
1 Test ___ (5)
2 Satirical drawing (7) 3 Unappreciated (9) 4 Unspecific (7)
5 From Kigali, e.g. (7)
6 In the lead (5)
7 Forecast birth day (3,4) 8 Disparager, critic (9) 12 Woodworker (9) 14 Watchmen (9) 16 Controlled the
direction of (7) 17 Country of East Africa (7) 18 Small crown (7)
19 Make a pig of oneself (7) 21 Railway vehicle (5) 23 Revealed (5)