THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Lawyer taking in a measure of

local god (4) 9 Clearly not my bill - rang

untrue (10) 10 Bumpy roads round northern

island in the Aegean (6) 11 Those fighting forces? (8) 12 Tree clubs (8) 14 Barnaby's brother, Donald, as

a servant ? (6) 16 Dramatist craftily omitting

introduction (4) 17 Room for mental improvement, perhaps (5) 18 Busy letters, we hear (4) 19 Boxer with the spoofs for the girl (6) 21 Flower in a keen mix-up of oil (8) 23 Horse-drawn carriage - one with sweeping design, some say (8) 26 Puppy gets a tied ribbon?

Goodness! (3-3) 27 The angler's favourite colour

? (6,4) 28 Coin found in outer Andes (4)

DOWN

1 Mint coin for the king (10) 2 Can gravy train cause homelessness? (8) 3 Form of decoration in the forces, perhaps (6) 4 Is the politician inside with the mischievous ones ? (4) 5 Slowly, after taking sherry in an extravagant way (8) 6 Chains it up, hiding at the original place (2,4) 7 An unhappy royal, perhaps (4) 13 Imbibed too much ? (5) 15 Irish capital? (5,5) 17 Wood to throw outside for cutting (8) 18 Finest performance from George ? (4,4) 20 Shout about poor mum being

bad (6) 22 Reprimand engineers who are going round the islands (6) 24 Collect from store a paper

napkin ! (4) 25 Cripple making first-class appearance during last year (4)