THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dispatch cockle shard onto grilled chicken (10) 6 Barely manages within a week - estimates demanded? (4) 9 Where dockers may celebrate a boom? (7,3) 10 In man, it's hereditary (4) 12 Adventure story practically to roll into paper free from restraint (12) 15 Australian natives show signs of gingivitis (3,4) 16 Good fortune at present, relief some time ago (7) 17 Bet it's a remarkably fine fabric (7) 19 Actor in turmoil for some natural product? (7) 20 A level of equality: monarch met monarch where the car stands (7,5) 23 Rachel, no longer Catholic, converted her elder sister (4) 24 To the Reverend, James Herriot confesses to being nosy man who looks for clues (7,3) 25 It's worn to order, perhaps (4) 26 Like an uninteresting murder story ? (6,4)

DOWN

1 Part of London in Paris - oh, of course! (4) 2 Sprightly production of Iolanthe, topless (4) 3 Not far from following a private hobby (5,7) 4 They contain paintings used in swindles (7) 5 Conversation allowed to arise about property (7) 7 Reaching some lowish joints, for some shorts, perhaps (4-6) 8 A blow that is sustained (6,4) 11 Study now at the same time (12) 13 Fruit for nippers? (4,6) 14 Real idiots may produce opinionated articles (10) 18 Warning from one fencing English garden off (2,5) 19 United, yet divided (7) 21 One with a furious drive to kill Jezebel? (4) 22 Beautiful girl, say, that's likely to get a ring (4)