THE SUNDAY CRUSADER
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Girl boarding empty
boat (5)
4 Somebody with
hives? (9)
9 Goal with pro-life
comedy (6,3,6) 10 Prune’s trouble with Old
Glory (9)
11 A suggestion to cut
speed (5)
12 Supervisor behind
callback (7) 13 Unillustrated, not
affected? (7)
15 Unrolled bill outside a
state energy complex (7) 18 Family doctor’s conclusion brought joy! (7)
20 An adverse affect for an
island (5)
22 Criminal briefly mixed
with shot a tern (9) 24 Emperor with royal cousin disrupted play (5,10)
25 Food container filled by
daft loser (9)
26 Lament, for example, in
a cathedral (5)
DOWN
1 British poetry is
promising (5) 2 Lawbreaker taking
stock? (7)
3 Easy to work with; thus,
voice not amplified? (9) 4 Expert with nothing
against a fool (7)
5 True run with voice raised
past Italian place (7)
6 A ruling cited
inaccurately (5)
7 Cleric best around cheers
up (7)
8 Lapsed communist taking
exit (9)
12 Super cool cast acts with
it (9)
14 Radical cleaner after books about liberalism (9) 16 Creatures back on
tailored suit (7)
17 Cloak worn by grand
Spaniard (7)
18 Auxiliary soldiers, and
what they do (7)
19 Part of a note about a
farm (7)
21 Material girl is less
content (5)
23 Nice young model posed
looking back (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 Canal boat (5)
4 Apiarist (9)
9 1932 Noel Coward
play (6,3,6)
10 Majesty (9)
11 Vestige (5)
12 Gaffer, boss (7) 13 Ingenuous (7)
15 Having subtleties (7) 18 Connected (7)
20 Coral island (5) 22 Wrongdoer (9) 24 Shakespeare tragedy (5,10) 25 Slow-cooked stew (9) 26 Song of mourning (5)
DOWN
1 Portends (5)
2 Stock thief (7)
3 Designed for ease of use (9) 4 Foolish person (7)
5 Ancient region of central
Italy (7)
6 Decree (5)
7 Human, monkey etc. (7) 8 Backslid (9)
12 Tremendous (9)
14 Bearing (9)
16 Small American rodents (7) 17 Plácido ___, singer (7) 18 Set aside (7)
19 Portion, as of a payment (7) 21 Fine cotton fabric (5) 23 Appetising (5)