THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Be this and conduct yourself nicely! (4)

9 It's about rearranging a hose to float on water (1,9)

10 To compare, a pointed question, you hear in short, about what was consumed ? (6)

11 Obviously doesn't come from

a well (3-5)

12 A strike in a plant ? (4)

13 Gay French oil producer

comes out (10)

17 Gang outlawed, we hear (4) 18 They may tear up part of a

contract, we hear (5)

19 Move clumsily when the

vessel's abandoned (4)

20 Sea that’s risen for a

corpulent bigwig (5,5)

22 Coin found in outer Andes (4) 23 Stalk headmaster, devoted follower outside being no longer his slave (8) 27 Headgear fitter for recycling (6) 28 Marvelous what a ship can carry when it has a business manager (10)

29 Derek's lifted up the sleigh

(4)

DOWN

1 Ball made square possibly (10) 2 Some indeed, are dead (8) 3 The bare truth (5,5)

4 An exchange of blows, but there's nothing in it (4) 5 Initially, the answer must be looked for in France (4)

6 Subs start up business with cereal (1-5) 7 Stone a disreputable woman

(4)

14 A vote that may well be eggshaped ? (5)

15 Fashionable remedy is

dissolved (2,8)

16 Mother stayed on and played

hookey (10)

19 Difficult job had stark surgery

included (4,4)

21 One sees what the box has to

offer (6)

24 A rake has nothing to feel

sorry about (4)

25 Filth from a thousand

headless deer (4)

26 Never coming from North Ayr

resort (4)