THE BS CROSSWORD #3285

ACROSS:

1 One of the Beetles can use some science for the man in the Middle East (6)

5 Some beds are raised this way

(8)

9 Blind in a brilliant way! (8) 10 Fool old copper and escape

(6)

11 Solid and strong, for sixteen ?

(4-6)

12 Debunk the synthetic (4) 13 Account form for the Chief

Constable (8)

16 Tennis participants are required, by the tosswinner, to bat first (4,2)

17 Jeer the last character who

drank a lot (6)

19 He turns out amusing little

articles (8)

21 Restrain mutt at commencement of barking (4)

22 Having been given extended

support like daddy ? (4-6) 25 Two-quart bottle accommodating one sort of antelope during 2,000 (6) 26 One can buy a lot here (8) 27 JP was her misplaced music

maker (4,4)

28 Girl initially has woman’s

name (6)

DOWN:

2 It’s believed a Russian has infiltrated the company (5) 3 Grow, taking head of iceberg

to show again (5) 4 Game that involves a form of

quiz in a spelling test (7) 5 Gemstone - a dealer maybe

holds a number (7)

6 Plagues of burrowing

mammals (7)

7 Almanac’s redistributed by a

city of western Spain (9) 8 Secreting directly into blood

(9)

14 New clue into a way to needle

someone? (9)

15 Not the most energetic member of the skeleton staff ? (9)

18 Cover up a girl in a quandary

(7)

19 Gets ready to play music to

drink to (5,2)

20 Firewood for the Christmas

period (4,3)

23 Some cougar darted into

Italian lake (5)

24 Record animal with any tail

used as a chemical ? (5)