CRUSADER SOLUTION FOR THURSDAY, SEPT 16

ACROSS: 1 Bistro, 4 Manpower, 10 Shingle, 11 Seaweed, 12 Ranked, 13 Dandelion, 14 Tennis racket, 18 Alphabet soup, 23 Hand basin, 24 Larva, 25 Prairie, 26 Incline, 27 Startling, 28 Slight

DOWN: 1 Base rate, 2 Slinking, 3 Rigid, 5 Arsenic, 6 Placement, 7 Weepie, 8 Riding, 9 Reader, 15 Illiberal, 16 Boarding, 17 Apartment, 19 Has-been, 20 Bandit, 21 Shapes, 22 Ankara, 24 Local Prizeword: Tiddler