THE BS CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

Gives support, but gets irritated reaction (5,2) 5 You need inspiration to draw them (7) 9 Apron went ragged for this replacement sponsor (3,6) 10 Showed concern for the bad man soldiers brought in (5) 11 Greens I have put in the scraps (7) 12 Crockery may be flying (7) 13 Packs up studies (5) 15 A colonist changed places (9) 17 Uses the core instead - makes it look nicer (9) 19 She's held back by the quiz timekeeper (5) 21 Cavort, and thus make MP laugh! (7) 23 It comes in useful when you don't know which way to turn (7) 25 A good person to have as a patron (5) 26 Damage done to Tender Tim (9) 27 Comedies are strange, I assert (7) 28 Combatants wielding spades? (7)

DOWN

1 Curvers on drinking sprees (7) 2 Intimidated, we tucked into fish (5) 3 Son cuts up mufflers (7) 4 Endless greeting after wine and cheese (4-5) 5 Relies on getting money from them ? (5) 6 Bake in a small enclosure and deteriorate (7) 7 Produced, as it proved (6,3) 8 Unhappy liaison is extremely tedious, but not for them, perhaps (7) 14 Believer in esoteric powers is joining quasi-religious group in October (9) 16 Actors judged as eunuchs (9) 17 What the bookworm does, having devoured their contents ? (7) 18 More distant meteor spinning right at the start (7) 19 Aiming to achieve something of significance (7) 20 Force parliamentarian into suite, very upset (7) 22 Cover point keeps out of sight (5) 24 Nonsense from the detective I hired? (2,3)