THE SUNDAY CRUSADER
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Henry Eliot initially
stays (5)
4 Alert leads to others
bringing help (9) 9 Euphoria for all to
see? (6,9)
10 Gripping article about a
brook (9)
11 A wise guy was off
road (5)
12 Ardour ending, a boy
and girl break up (7) 13 An actor is ruddy
cross! (7)
15 Admired person opening
up (7)
18 Unstable leader back in
charge worried tyke (7) 20 Message about Middle
English trouble (5) 22 Unusual following
entering pass split (9) 24 Unreceptive to
psychiatry? (6-9) 25 Note struck admitting ace had the upper hand (9)
26 Dutch poem about
German trick (5)
DOWN
1 Leave work during
strike (3,2)
2 Progressive artist admitted to smearing... (7)
3 ...calm paragon over
lurgy (9)
4 Remote studio rebuilt
somewhere closer (7) 5 Girl breaks leg on run,
hobble resulting (7) 6 Redhead employs
trickery (5)
7 Eggs turned cold now, or
cut fruit (7)
8 Still child a shy DI set
off (2,4,3)
12 Uptight soldiers were
pushy (9)
14 Cut wrinkles out,
perhaps (9)
16 Mix-up, as of steno
making notes (7) 17 Drivel from accomplished
English philosopher (7) 18 Welded back together?
It’s denied (7)
19 Green New Deal has
merit without it (7) 21 Textile business originally
nonprofit (5)
23 Book old hat, a model
admitted (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 Stops (5)
4 Perceptive (9)
9 Buses, trains etc. (6,9) 10 Exciting (9)
11 Hindu religious teacher (5) 12 Take over from (7) 13 Robert ___, US actor (7) 15 Commended (7) 18 Ramshackle (7)
20 Digital communiqué (5) 22 Changed (9)
24 Not made smaller by
washing (6-9)
25 Had ascendancy over (9) 26 Sidestep (5)
DOWN
1 Clear off (3,2) 2 Generous (7) 3 Immobility (9)
4 Exterior (7)
5 Lurch, reel (7) 6 Stratagems (5)
7 Alligator pear (7)
8 Even now (2,4,3) 12 Inhibited (9)
14 Lowered (9)
16 Shuffled word (7) 17 Denis ___, French
philosopher (7) 18 Declined (7)
19 Green gem (7)
21 Cloth woven from flax (5) 23 Heading (5)