THE SUNDAY CRUSADER AND HIS SQUIRE – WIN £100 The Crusader’s clues The Squire’s clues
ACROSS
1 Long-closed city
store (5)
4 Be there, about to
start (9)
9 United in a tug of
war? (7,8)
10 Snide pair involved in
dispute rebel (9)
11 The truth? A top
stable (5)
12 Experts did not last in
boats (7)
13 Followers regret carrying
empty container (7) 15 Proper dress mostly red
material (7) 18 Characters holding
hands face delays (7) 20 Headwear back from milliner a little bit worn (5)
22 Miserly dandy intends no
harm (5,4)
24 Cruel innovators cracked
safe (15)
25 Crass Russian journalists cover long splitting river (9)
26 Dealers first to back
green artist (5)
DOWN
1 Fellow on foot bore up (5) 2 Everybody offends after
church visits (5,2)
3 A man referencing
evocation (9) 4 Degenerate king
leaving… (7)
5 …prince drawing not quite
intriguing one (7)
6 Sheep run aboard these
vessels (5)
7 Musk enveloping a
revolutionary is rank (7) 8 Hardy girl hides anger
about metal fatigue (9) 12 A soldier dropped by a
base first (9)
14 Royal duets are unusually
highly valued (9) 16 Storms approach after all, taking leaders by surprise initially (7)
17 Capital raised in rupees source of endless regret (7)
18 Neckwear alarms, hiding
a neckline (7)
19 Contend with a flapper
observation (7)
21 Wise comedian, before
getting turned in (5) 23 Latin American ladies
during breaks (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 Hoard (5)
4 Act for (9)
9 Rallying round (7,8) 10 Dissenter (9)
11 Unbroken (5) 12 Commentators (7) 13 Entourage (7)
15 Red ore of arsenic (7) 18 Puts on hold (7) 20 Bishop’s headdress (5) 22 Has good intentions (5,4) 24 Not liable to offend (15) 25 Insipid, bland (9)
26 Edgar ___, French
painter (5)
DOWN
1 Got by (5)
2 Summons to assist (5,2) 3 Drawing out (9) 4 Backslide (7) 5 Conspirator (7)
6 Pitchers (5)
7 Level in a hierarchy (7) 8 Exhaustion (9) 12 Supreme (9)
14 Prized highly (9) 16 Assaults (7)
17 Sadness, guilt (7) 18 Stoles (7)
19 Regarding (7)
21 Els or Hudson, e.g. (5) 23 Intervals of calm (5)