THE SUNDAY CRUSADER AND HIS SQUIRE – WIN £100 The Crusader’s clues The Squire’s clues
ACROSS
1 Thought mad, making a
point? (5)
4 Square king admitted to
fatal error with fish (9)
9 It makes things far less
clear (15)
10 Back copies valued in
isolation (9)
11 Defoe drops the ball with
resistance to delay (5) 12 California runs that
continue (5,2)
13 Plain “show one in”
before... (7)
15 …start of riot in booming El Salvador pilgrimage town (7)
18 Tin returning father put
rounds on (5,2)
20 Fellow with principles
defects (5)
22 Animal catcher spies
boss by a river mouth (9) 24 A character behind a golfer leans on family (15)
25 Robberies grip academic
debauchees (9)
26 The ultimate in glamour, wearing something black and pink (5)
DOWN
1 Mark maybe stateside
less (5)
2 Small fish where brace
split (7)
3 Spendthrift – gutted man
indeed ruined (9)
4 Tense thug cutting unionist up gate-crashes do up north (7)
5 One taking third starter
over dessert was bad (5,2) 6 More addled student being
dropped (5)
7 Smelting lead in a forge a different way is successful (4,3)
8 River ploy upset a fellow
on the up (9)
12 Demand that beginners
make manifest (4,5) 14 Restorative pint a beer
formerly 40 % nicer (9) 16 Clean manure alternative
on top of dirt (7) 17 Swansea plant boxes
American food (7) 18 Surveys a costumed trio
passes on (7)
19 One doesn’t work, but
might play (7)
21 Unsmiling face of stranded
flyer (5)
23 Board bound up with new
addition (5)
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Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire,
lead to the same answers in the Crusader’s Sunday joust
ACROSS
1 Pondered (5)
4 Nelson’s last battle (9) 9 Myopia (15)
10 Detached (9)
11 Yield (to) (5)
12 Complain (5,2)
13 Treeless grassy plain of
North America (7)
15 Shrine site in SW France (7) 18 Speaks angrily to (5,2) 20 Imperfections (5)
22 Cheese of poor quality (9) 24 Grimm fairy tale (15) 25 Pleasure-seekers (9)
26 ___ reef (5)
DOWN
1 Without (5)
2 Leg it (7)
3 Obliterated (9)
4 Constrict (7)
5 Misbehaved (5,2)
6 Tacked on (5)
7 Achieves great success (4,3) 8 Rising again (9)
12 Evoke, arouse (4,5) 14 Stimulant drug (9) 16 Weapon-free (7) 17 Triangular Indian
turnovers (7)
18 Examines (7)
19 One who pickets (7)
21 Rear part of a vessel (5) 23 Solar ___ (5)