THE BS CROSSWORD

# 3126

ACROSS

1 Steady, officer - no cheating ! (6) 4 Critically called into question my confession as to being Boxer Kelly (8) 9 Kind of meal at one roughly (5) 10 Ermine, missing tail, squeezing into opening in fence to engage in the process of creating new life (9) 11 Confused mate is submissive (4) 12 Whale of a doctor gets by (4) 13 Lift what's been an ailing British industry, we hear (5) 15 Anna and Tom are out in America (7) 16 Olives laced in drink, start smelling foul (4) 19 Kevin's wrong not to finish in the, Ukraine (4) 20 An opportunity to be starting innings (7) 23 Former Chinese chairman takes religious instruction from New Zealander (5) 24 And, after the first lentils are ground … (4) 25 Failed to connect, it's said in bad visibility (4) 27 Clarifier is followed by mixed signals (9) 28 Flourish like the pound in a good period (5) 29 Ends core promises by the backer (8) 30 A mistake is OK for the old bloke (6)

DOWN

1 Theatre starts when clocks do (4,4) 2 An element for a playful Athenian in any surroundings (8) 3 Partially plan expansion of small road ? (4) 5 Gory murders no distraction from fair installations (5-2-6) 6 Unimaginative one in Paris drew breath (10) 7 A quarter scoffed when made to spruce up (6) 8 In Scottish river carry on in intense manner (6) 10 Comprehensive settlement for our small planet (6,7) 14 Complaining without end, Colin and Gavin behave unacceptably (8,2) 17 How are he and she golfers to start to become lovers? (3,2,3) 18 Measure, for example, the initial malevolence in midnight row (8) 21 Confines morning fragments (6) 22 Signs of interest to astrologers (6) 26 A cabbage's heartening for four famed Swedish voices (4)