THE BS CROSSWORD

# 3044

ACROSS

1 Slow down (4,4,6) 10 Alternatively, the German gives the command (5) 11 A worrying thing to be doing (9) 12 Child, the drive-in theatre is where he works (7) 13 Dismissal from swell little house (5-2) 14 Cry of triumph from one who is given work (5) 16 Is it machismo to display dirty linen during church service? (9) 19 Dreamer in relaxing rest (9) 20 He might be unintelligible to most of us (5) 22 Withdraw from confrontation, being behind US force (4,3) 25 Being a miser, her road may wind around (7) 27 Make many consume stuffing (9) 28 Laugh a little, as is our wont ! (5) 29 Street life ends; becoming so egocentric! (4-10)

DOWN

2 Arrangement for many a catalogue customer (5-4) 3 A portion of sea-food or sea-fish (5) 4 Deck-man in disarray, this being the slangy manner of his identification (9) 5 Smart journalist leaving from Stockholm, possibly (5) 6 Bigot Ivan bashed is disposing of in advance (9) 7 A wedge shot that doesn't go straight (5) 8 Italian gentlemen's token or piece of silver (7) 9 Does it cut round curves? (3-3) 15 Italian writer gives staff edge before six (5,4) 17 Polaris calls for Colonel Ollie's seaman (5,4) 18 Ed took in workers, capable but able to be corrected (9) 19 Checks about polishes (7) 21 Girl captures a third in Korean art of self-defence (6) 23 Carol comes to grief on the reef, perhaps (5) 24 Point left, for a change, to see the ships (5) 26 Yearns for someone to give you the drill, maybe (5)