THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Island capital double quietly in the past (4,4) 9 No small increase among unpopular Germans (6) 10 Busybody who puts her car head first? (4-6) 11 Clean the decks for surgical inspection, perhaps (4) 12 Dull collection of breeding animals include an irrational number (6) 14 All sensitive to work, I see (8) 15 Liberal in charge shows character (7) 17 They contain paintings used in swindles (7) 20 Does he fight to get rid of what's obsolete? (8) 22 Carry off sailor on channel (6) 24 I'd be around to stay (4) 25 Carbon donkey and Ethiopian prince identify namesakes of a Trojan prophetess (10) 27 Small dog or cat, perhaps - it has energy (6) 28 Argues about being placed in different sides (8)

DOWN

1 Stew, as paper's on strike (6) 2 Whale of a doctor gets by (4) 3 The French seller of perfume (8) 4 Secure long talk about disease (7) 5 All for making a sort of arrangement (6) 6 Thwarted Jezebel taken aback by Freud's complex (10) 7 A light "Carrying a gun? I? No!" (8) 13 Chap in charge grabs aphone, dealing in stamps (10) 16 Curved structures, housing four libraries of historical documents (8) 18 What other poetic foot is hiding at Espana? (8) 19 Arrogance about two directions to take the chair (7) 21 Post a group of sentries (6) 23 Stops luggage going east (6) 26 Doctor starts to use generic version of this? (4)