THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Habit of man in retirement? (7) 5 Not reading much down on

the second rank (7)

9 Notes — possibly Roman

made (9) 10 Nothing is right for an

admirer (5)

11 Flowing out of chap in neat

disarray (7)

12 Cheat — heartless devil — detained by unpleasant characters (7)

13 Game to step inside remote

landing area? (9)

15 Two or three in twelve,

heartlessly, may be insects ? (5) 17 Act as a paid informer (5) 19 Spits in the sea (9)

22 Recoiling from drugs? (7) 25 Meticulous creation of fur

and lace (7)

26 When it comes to drink, the

portly saint is just not in it (5) 27 Melted emu melted down for

a salary (9)

28 Earth work equal to a rise in

soda ? (7)

29 Marked and pointed vehicle

which was coloured (7)

DOWN

1 Reams of them, about a thousand perhaps, spoils the children (7) 2 Bird eats lamb stew and a Creole dish (9)

3 Mother having great trouble at

the seaside (7) 4 Approves punitive measures (9) 5 How water runs out from the

lakes, perhaps ? (5)

6 He displays resolution 60 minutes after midnight (7) 7 Went into raptures, seeing Bible

bound in bright colour (5)

8 Prison officers disturbing the

drawers (7)

14 Holding firmly to X-power with

debts admitted (9)

16 100 kgs. of ale ? No, only a cask full

! (3,2,4)

17 Accepts an invitation to have a

drink (5,2)

18 Given a lift from this ode (7) 20 Where shorts are one sort of rig ? (7) 21 Dejected and carrying an

instrument, said hello (7)

23 24 sheets, we hear, for the singers

(5)

24 No pub for Smiley on TV, one

might suppose (5)