THE BS CROSSWORD

1 ACROSS

Port: chap drinks a litre, reeling (3,6)

6 About to blackball from the club

(5)

9 Tory leader criticised for being

outmanoeuvred (7)

10 Not doing much work, but

apparently making a crust (7) 11 Thus lacking, loveless lethargy

(5)

12 Intends to examine benefit

claimants (5,4)

13 What’s left in black may be worn

(9)

15 He tries to do his job (5)

16 Writes down the names,

perhaps, of fifty one streets (5) 18 Sum is made hesitantly on this

machine! (9)

20 You may take shelter from the

falling stones in it (9)

23 Brute gives expression of

derision,then ducks (5)

25 Rum soul, perhaps, the brother

of Remus (7) 26 Plain way to describe Bible

group, say? (7)

27 Fruit centres (5)

28 Cautiously approach women,

sexually – then paw! (9)

DOWN

1 Unexpectedly halts and strips (5) 2 It’s included in the set charge,

girls (7)

3 Identification for aitches in

Penzancean roles (9)

4 Electronic means of informing us

of poetry in this millennium (5) 5 Fish monger, for instance ? (4,5) 6 Gives away secrets of British

research centres (5)

7 Nurse will get sick in the last part

(4-3)

8 This is always assumed by those

retiring (9)

13 Eating out, perhaps, I push curl

out of the way (9)

14 Finish the drink and sleep with

one’s face down ? (7,2) 15 Sweet Jules or Craig of

SeaChange once? (5,4)

17 One eating little head of lettuce

held by cook in hot water (7) 19 Half the school get zero, which is

unusual for music (7)

21 Volatile girl is back as a man ! (5) 22 Isn’t happy adapting poems (5) 24 About time it’s made public (5)