THE SUNDAY CRUSADER
The Crusader’s clues
ACROSS
1 Sot’s first gin sling (5) 4 Lords and ladies? (4,5) 9 Maybe I described... (54,6)
10 ...a burning desire (9) 11 Find time before a
competition (5)
12 Guest characters in a
series win acclaim (7) 13 A plant not that large
fills these borders (7) 15 Break lowest parts
first (3,4)
18 Genial fellow in a
story (7)
20 Roman poet has a round
shape (5)
22 2 is in Lourdes, wildly
raving (9)
24 He returned wheat
cultivated poorly (5,3,7) 25 Feathered dinosaur,
say? (5,4)
26 Short note about round
shilling (5)
DOWN
1 Ghetto? Quietly
decline (5)
2 Redhead on the line brought up this heartless coverage (7)
3 Highest standard
number (9)
4 Line breaking trashed on
purpose (7)
5 A gentle sort with style (7) 6 Extreme outrage doesn’t
end (5)
7 Exile unfashionable
actors (7)
8 Old man in France takes
cut soldier on (9)
12 Bear young agent cycled around lifted tailless cub (9)
14 A source of mint ran
out (9)
16 Left-wing cause backed
as required (2,5)
17 Duck starter, in a way,
excellent food (3,4) 18 Every debt one has set
aside (7)
19 Relative difficulty holds
her back (7)
21 Men filling in drive past a
city (5)
23 Rush inevitable around
midnight (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 Thong (5)
4 Equivalent people (4,5) 9 Majuscule (5-4,6) 10 Compulsion to start fires (9) 11 Vestige (5)
12 Resonate (7)
13 Prickly plant (7)
15 Layover (3,4)
18 Friendly, good-natured (7) 20 Egg-shaped (5)
22 Feverish (9)
24 Unwell (5,3,7)
25 Proverbial worm-getter (5,4) 26 Curt (5)
DOWN
1 Collapse (5)
2 Accounts (7)
3 Of chief importance (9) 4 Intentional (7) 5 Sophisticated (7)
6 Terrific (5)
7 Pariah (7)
8 Stick at it (9)
12 Duplicate (9)
14 Squealer (9)
16 Per a customer’s
requirements (2,5)
17 Asian noodle dish (3,4) 18 Permitted (7)
19 Male sibling (7)
21 US name for a bowler hat (5) 23 Uprush (5)