THE BS CROSSWORD

# 3092

ACROSS

9 Infancy confidante in fairy

dreaming perhaps! (9,6) 10 Push Sam’s back, removing splinters first – bad collision! (5-2) 12 BC, perhaps, desire to have a

shot (4,3)

13 Fellow from Capri, perhaps brought in to cut stock by Mafia boss (6,3)

14 Falling over too much, I had

the same again (5)

15 A dour disposition is, to us,

hard to bear (7)

18 Combined action initiating some young nincompoops, even really greedy yahoos (7) 21 Disagreement among the

cymbalists? (5)

23 Alien is prevalent, turning up

inside (9)

25 Acrobatic scholar departs

having weariness of pulse? (7) 26 Wild duet, man ! (7)

29 Ruddy oil painting? (7,2,6)

DOWN

1 They ensure babies aren't spotted at meal times (4) 2 City seen near the banks of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati ! (4)

3 Finding success with the other

version, up to now (8) 4 Found fault with new red cap (6) 5 Rides round on whirlwinds (8) 6 Cut off excess dried fruit (6) 7 Margaret as sailor is a huge success (8)

8 I would, for example, finish story about love, first love, love in philosophy, etc (8) 11 Nine, more than half merry

outside with the drink (5) 15 Properly adjusted car lights give

good illumination (3,5)

16 Motor sport turned up road with

a kind of elegance (4,4)

17 Hit by a wrench, out comes the

gun (8)

19 Lingerie seen near menswear (8) 20 Mixed green painting style, for

instance (5)

22 Attack and I have to hide in the

hut (3,3)

24 Old hair style you could sit on? (6) 27 Drink brought in a round (4) 28 A carrier returning to the Middle

East ? (4)