THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Arrange a star part in a western (7) 5 Stop over with mother in Germany (7) 9 Comes home, perhaps, as a Labour leader shifting sand ! (5) 10 Dull audience, like cauliflowers? (9) 11 They may form a strong attachment to a craft (9) 12 Vigilant, one tells us the boat's gone by (5) 13 Compass point in the lower Humber (5) 15 Building for owl and treble changes ? (4,5) 18 Meat diced, prepared, and filled with drugs (9) 19 I am in back of dreary Logie (5) 21 Salamanders, confused, went south (5) 23 Work on skin that's dry - satisfied about lotion, at last? (9) 25 Extravagantly fanciful sort of fast antic (9) 26 Cast ashore, carrying salt away (5) 27 Most luxuriant female is engulfed by eager desire (7) 28 Not all will be pleased a testy fellow calms down (7)

DOWN

1 Corner shop presents chocolate sponge in wrong order (4,3) 2 Flirt with a lot of girls and manage a revolution (3,6) 3 Has to move plant (5) 4 You won't find it boring to any great degree; only minimally (6,3) 5 Suffering to be found in Spain (5) 6 Make an attempt at a basket weaving (4,1,4) 7 Girl, Heidi, an Austrian in hiding (5) 8 Failing to catch motorway, cut through! (7) 14 Supports Newgate production behind the scenes (9) 16 Tastes outside rude, crude fish (9) 17 Small fish bite? Wait, says Spooner (9) 18 Aware that mild fun can get out of hand (7) 20 Throws out the chest I'd broken (7) 22 The needs of western workers (5) 23 Small and neat, like a Frenchman ? (5) 24 Watered garden wearing socks, say (5)