Happy New Year to all fellow AB'ers. I wish for you all a successful 2010 and hope that some of us win the big ones. I am struggling with todays crusader, obviously too much wine and Baileys last night. 11 Ac I'd turned and owned up, getting calm (3,4) ??E ???N 7D Madman, for convenience, goes to city (5) L???? I was thinking 8 D could be CANDIDATE but I'm thinking that might be wrong. Clue is Nominee finds painful swindle first (9) C??????? Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.