THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Handy expressions of

approval (8)

5 Couple and daughter are

given support (6)

10 Come to grips with a great

apple — eat outside first (7) 11 Capital fellow, the chief ! (7) 12 In work greeting religious leader where Solomon’s riches originated (5)

13 Lawyer wed to Blair,

returning sarcastic remark, is

a bit of an anticlimax (4,5) 14 More paid back intriguingly? (4,8) 18 Being more than less

sensitive in an excursion (12) 21 Supports Newgate production

behind the scenes (9) 23 Having the key, aunt

deciphered for the foreigner (5) 24 Improved? Somewhat

improved, if I educated them (7) 25 Moving unobtrusively, Carol

takes cover (7)

26 Painfully secretive about

foreign money (6)

27 Grey guns organised for

comfort (8)

DOWN

1 Englishman has Elizabeth’s father to love in organised persecution (6)

2 Pop’s back ache identified by an indigenous American, or Parisian hooligan (6)

3 French actor molested over

his god? (9)

4 Act as if you have the bosses

under your feet (5,3,6) 6 Raises backs (5)

7 Calculates that the Commodore may become upset (8)

8 Craziness from party runmakers (8)

9 What stupid blank verse

hasn’t got (5,3,6)

15 Putting up ones dukes? (9) 16 Sole practitioners? Nonsense! (8) 17 Soup I offer to Her Majesty is

more thick ! (8)

19 See nothing abnormal to

isolate (6)

20 Anxious to become a

consumer (6)

22 Ability to find a way to end

the hunt (5)