THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 No place for telling it to Bible readers (4) 9 A gaol break in Africa (5) 10 Is on another hill in Jerusalem (4) 11 Damages the odd shilling (6) 12 As biased as a Moebius strip? (8) 13 It just goes to show (8) 15 Affirm everything for instance, ends in the East (6) 17 Filled in and served cheese? (7) 19 Judges reveal her treachery? (7) 22 Keep quiet, or get a bit higher on this? (6) 24 Express another way what the

salesman hears about (8) 26 Faint for a spell and want to go

inside (5,3) 28 Former forward, and a very

good one too (6) 30 Be dispirited about poem (4) 31 Make a lace for the in-side, to

be levied, of course ! (3,2) 32 America's backing one of the

oldest states to get Fiji capitalised (4)

DOWN

1 Graduate beginning to know university in an Asian capital (4) 2 Smart fellow who makes battle-axe expire (8) 3 Mother and child in a jam, perhaps (6) 4 Slights, but the bad singer takes nothing to heart. (7) 5 Colourless mug is, for some Americans, white (8) 6 The sixth sense for Ali, perhaps, is just a matter of looking ? (6) 7 Burrowing animal making a small hill (4) 14 A composer must never divulge too much (5) 16 If he finds pot here, he'll sneak

to the police (5) 18 Can it see it needs filling ? (8) 20 Pioneers are harassed still (2,6) 21 Excuse for a foreword maybe (7) 23 With best bib, an outfit of clothes for little Tommy (6) 25 Answering ``What's the girl like?'' fairly (6) 27 This weaver is a learner, the backward cow ! (4) 29 Among the eggs, five will be on

the go (4)

SOLUTION to #2780