THE BS CROSSWORD
# 2814
ACROSS
8 A pound of potatoes? (4)
9 Nearly everyone, it seems,
makes a lawful bet (3,3,1,3)
10 The first, perhaps, to admit
the pupil is coquettish (6) 11 Triumphant, as military
displays spirit (8)
12 Film opening for the
consumer (4)
13 Weary Willie's state ? (10)
17 Standing up, name the tree (4)
18 Line of peaks and points (5) 19 Drink cocktail, looking
wooden (4) 20 A sorry state (10)
22 Restrain mutt at
commencement of barking (4)
23 ... he was not ready for scarlet
woman to take lead (8)
27 Wrong note to begin speech
on, as low as one can get ! (6)
28 A nutmeg tree - that's official
(4-6)
29 What to do with the fat, we
might argue (4)
DOWN
1 Vital leap I mishandle in bringing relief (10)
2 Lap's first name I regard as a
hypocrite (8)
3 Beginning early in,athletics
(5,5)
4 Elaborately-attired man,
about fifty, is a failure (4)
5 Scout, young one, American,
spied in this place? (4)
6 Like that hussy - need not
return part of the way ! (6)
7 He was removing all top
chops (4)
14 Adjoining measure for the
Mafia leader ? (3,2)
15 Are they no help to a
transport undertaking? (10)
16 Cocktails feel cool at the
beach (3,7)
19 Signal change of course after
short time (4-4)
21 By the end of the evening
Edward has got his own back (6)
24 Mouth starts in talkative roles as predicted, one such role suffering setback (4)
25 Musical part, perhaps, of a
returning animal ? (4)
26 Inside information one
doesn't come clean with (4)