THE SUNDAY CRUSADER
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 A lefty with a cold in
shot (5)
4 Protected parcel oddly
sufficed (9)
9 He was nothing to look
at (3,9,3)
10 Crush had briefly on a
girl, say (9)
11 Hawk catches river
fish (5)
12 Rolled gold added to
lead to celebrate (7) 13 A fruit fly over some
melons (7)
15 Hot stuff filled tortilla
graduates consumed (7) 18 Specific tales a cut
resolves (7)
20 Father flipped paintings
separately (5) 22 Neurotic’s blunder is
stupid (9) 24 Appropriation plus
exploitation (6,9) 25 Fought prisoner was
prone (9) 26 Polyhedron’s third inside
edge (5)
DOWN
1 A god a man was worthy
of (5)
2 Airhead aboard smart
chopper (7)
3 Soda ruins reconstructed
relics (9)
4 Confidential talk foolishly
interrupted by a drip (7) 5 Demanding old man from
Italy (7)
6 Character facing consequences in a story about style (5)
7 Five adult deer make
tracks (7)
8 Bash people with small
gifts (9)
12 A release of deer one caught after a lion, say (9)
14 Inn’s utter failure to
provide sustenance (9) 16 Plant support covering
stalk’s rear quarter (7) 17 A source of fruit and veg,
alternatively (7) 18 Waitress first in dished
up changed course (7) 19 Garment ordeal oddly
involving a shirt (7)
21 A little kitten seemed
nervous (5)
23 Material girl out of glue
rides off (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
DOWN
1 Ran (5)
4 Maintained (9)
9 1897 H. G. Wells novel
(3,9,3)
10 Lay waste (9)
11 Fish of the salmon
family (5)
12 Revel (7)
13 Hybrid citrus fruit (7) 15 State of SE Mexico (7) 18 Reconciles (7)
20 Aside (5)
22 Brainless (9)
24 Being opportunistic (6,9) 25 Competed (9)
26 Move furtively (5) 1 Ranked (5)
2 Butcher’s knife (7)
3 Extinct reptiles (9) 4 Secluded (7)
5 Urgent, pressing (7) 6 Brilliance (5)
7 Skedaddle (7) 8 Contributions (9) 12 Purifying (9)
14 Nourishing substances (9) 16 Tall fern (7)
17 Area of fruit trees (7) 18 Veered (7)
19 Gymnast’s one-piece (7) 21 On edge (5)
23 Leather with a velvety
nap (5)