THE SUNDAY CRUSADER The Squire’s clues
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Tom and Lilibet
pander (5)
4 Plug in clothing
explained (9)
9 Wrecked galleon thin
foes like (5,3,5,2) 10 Offstage lead makes
progress (4,5)
11 More perishing here in
France were content (5) 12 Heartbreaking mace
decay (7)
13 A passage, once it’s
tidied (7)
15 Stuffy fool has left in
anger (7)
18 Real offence a goddess
curtailed (7)
20 A student a school
admitted (3,2)
22 Spy fed mere fabrication
understanding (9) 24 Upset cast cancelled
rest (5,3,7)
25 Close nettle source of
stinging risks (9) 26 Dutch town flown over
last night (5)
DOWN
1 Sound family group,
note (5)
2 Adder circling right
foot (7)
3 Performance of male
lead in a capital part (9) 4 Realise some believer’s in
pain (7)
5 Driven leader avoids
fools (7)
6 Boredom when
nuisances part (5)
7 Ham is doubly processed
food (7)
8 Excuse accepting type for
finally yielding (9)
12 A girl Rachel ordered
around too much (9) 14 Conservative after beer
divulges top secret (9) 16 Soldiers ready to drop
out of work (7)
17 Golfer upset about bad
take (7)
18 Writers born during
different crises (7) 19 Undying bird in realm’s
interior (7)
21 Currently at home, bound
to fail? (2-3)
23 Taking offence? (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 Provide food for (5) 4 Spoke to (9)
9 Not unlike (5,3,5,2) 10 Becomes successful (4,5) 11 More glacial (5)
12 Eat away (7)
13 Segment (7) 15 Unventilated (7) 18 Heartfelt (7)
20 Reveal (3,2)
22 Consensus (9) 24 Disconcert (5,3,7) 25 Threatens (9)
26 Blue and white pottery (5)
DOWN
1 Loud ringing sound (5) 2 Pig’s foot (7)
3 Palaver (9) 4 Accomplish (7) 5 Deceives (7) 6 Listlessness (5) 7 Japanese fish dish (7) 8 Respectful regard (9) 12 ___ Church, singer (9) 14 Hidden (9)
16 Turned in (7)
17 Nab, swipe (7) 18 Copyists (7) 19 Everlasting (7) 21 Hopeless (2-3) 23 Larceny (5)