THE BS CROSSWORD

# 2960

ACROSS

1 Largely unsullied by sideeffects, but still upbraided (9) 6 Neo- opposite (5)

9 Star position ? (3-4)

10 Winter terms? (3,4)

11 Crime squad member found

in part of ship's rigging (7) 12 Irish lad sees former Queensland leader at ringside (7)

13 Intestinal disorder, and what

it may shortly give you! (9) 15 Locally well cooked "Brown

Sahib" ? (5)

16 Private bar, perhaps (5) 19 Kills tree because phone call

sounds like a dog (9) 22 Muggins rued changes, that's

for certain (7)

23 Economic purchase ? (4,3) 25 American general takes team

to sheltered quarter (7) 26 Coach, working on American

lines (4-3)

27 The first season, remove nettle head with a small spray (5)

28 Pickwickian poet upsetting

tutors on the lawn (9)

DOWN

1 She's out in a yacht (5)

2 Aims, with the doctored pass,

to get one again inside (7) 3 Ghostly retreat (4,3) 4 Old-fashioned second

eleven, say (5)

5 Uni's dingo remnants are thus utterly exhausting you and me (5,2,2)

6 Army push to get off the

ground in exercise (5-2) 7 Walking into a travel job? (7) 8 Then it's never, as the lady

insisted (2,7)

13 Such things as can be obtained include this maladjusted stage belt (9) 14 Dissenter's abnormal fatigue (9) 17 Reportedly, one who needs a

manipulator (7) 18 Story-telling - and certainly

not losing the thread (7) 20 Black pussy on the tiles (7) 21 Bill turning up with an old

instrument for a literary lady (7) 23 Actress's dress ring (5) 24 Stories spun by spinners (5)