THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Unctuous, when former foreign minister's about (6)

4 Advantage of giving party disciplinarian present (4-4)

9 Scoffed because the outhouse had been demolished (6)

10 Celebrity surrounded by social workers and tropical insects (8)

12 Sort of relationship which could be on or off (4-4)

13 A way to get frequent hassle (6)

15 Birds nearly stealing nuts (12)

18 Joint enterprises for making underclothing (12)

21 Miss White ? (6)

22 Dwelling brave enough to find match on own ground (4,4)

24 City editor (Scotsman) on speed! (8)

25 Modern painting portrays segment of an Italian flower first (3,3)

26 Noticed a quadruped in a holding frame (8)

27 He senses it's an overture (6)

DOWN

1 Good at fishing, having long limbs (8)

2 Vega’s axe butchered this once wildly uncivilised reformer (2-6)

3 Try to help if you have vision and ability? (3,4,3,3,2)

5 Poet and painter of horses and hounds (4)

6 Don't use this lever? Nonsense! (4,3,5,3)

7 Can I do rewrite of verse for Pretty Boy? (6)

8 The female did come out and served one (6)

11 Support and await instructions (5,2)

14 Mother goes first to point out part of the mast (7)

16 A short "Don't mention it"? (3,2,3)

17 He declares arrest's nothing new (8)

19 Sailor with the queen, finding the female superior (6)

20 Rick, who may be unorthodox (6)

23 An outstanding leader of men (4)