THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Our mail's distributed in a sunny area (8)

9 ....and the girl is coming round on foot (6)

10 Anxious, somewhat

inexperienced gymnast (4) 11 Made play of the silly dream in

which I'd sat, bound (10) 12 Entertaining lady unsuitable for

his age (6)

14 Chap I met turned out to be

impressive (8)

15 Nick's about to toss up (6) 16 Concealing marks of a thrashing

(6)

19 He should be arrested lest more

trouble is caused (8)

21 Byron's end covered in gloomy

elegy (6)

23 Number of soldiers of note in

Europe, for example (10) 24 Defender losing a game, that's

what matters (4)

25 Happen to be autumn (6) 26 Fare-dodger's stash (8)

DOWN

1 Handle with care ? (6)

2 Sitting charge, just a small one

(4)

3 Accommodation with bars for

chirpy creatures (4-4) 4 Imagines car park including

sudden slope (6)

5 Just a hint of a man in one

country (10)

6 Frolicking with South African

clique? (8)

8 Like Mariana's grange, made to

crumble (6)

13 Sequel to a monetary freeze ?

(6,4)

15 Having intended to stay out,

does (8)

17 Moving fashionable resolution

(2,6)

18 Those who won't give up have

the right in rows ! (6)

20 Can leg break feel like pins and

needles? (6)

22 To one's trepidation, is within a

day and a month (6)

24 In the hedge another wild

cherry (4)