THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Do it well in Derbyshire (4) 9 Eloquent tailor going around with Cora (10) 10 Takes a duck on board (6) 11 Firm prison officer's means of exerting pressure (8) 12 Time to take a night off to accommodate the soldiery (4) 13 Curse Green wildly making comeback (10) 17 Appetising? I'm glad to hear it (4) 18 Though solid in form, they may have fragile footing (5) 19 Get a view of from the summit, say (4) 20 Temp ranted about organisation of office (10) 22 Animal heard in sandy ground by the shore (4) 23 Phar Lap FX perhaps caught between cuts (4-4) 27 Express disagreement with judge about a witness (6) 28 These areas may be improved with this flower (6-4) 29 America starting to get into a sticky situation in the Pacific (4)

DOWN

Epicure wants more stag on display (10) 2 Some indeed, are dead (8) 3 Check cheats in tart fashion (10) 4 Rolls first ball over mineral spring (4) 5 12 in. In this (4) 6 Not the right thing for a snooker player to do (6) 7 Bundle for Abel ? (4) 14 Push it over half a century and it might do for a digger (5) 15 Got out of bed under the influence of an optimistic viewpoint (4-6) 16 Like not looking back after leaving the laundry ? (5,5) 19 Charge for channel guide (8) 21 Before noon French father gets measurement (6) 24 Rejecting dance, assume a sly look (4) 25 Defeat to behold on ship (4) 26 Compete against, to assume the role of (4)