THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Kill escort (4,3) 7 Easily put down fruit drink (5) 9 Dan leaves Irishman the gun

(4) 10 Details of special importance

- about stars ? (10) 11 It's modes they turn out (8) 13 Keep busy enough to fill a

position (6) 15 Four notes die away (4) 17 Performs quiet songs (5) 18 Ham has its place here (4) 19 Female, having got a reduction, ordered one broken fond (6) 20 Naval NCO's have it, I have no

doubt (8) 23 Titled becomes professional before becoming amateur (10) 26 One flying the channel,

almost (4) 27 Are good friends as they grow

older (3,2) 28 Columns I will condense into

short paragraphs (7)

DOWN

1 Kind Sirs, I've somehow lost one to these sportsmen! (46) 2 Work in that? It's formal wear (3-3) 3 Animal in the way, a group leader (4) 4 Macerated bread placed outside ring of shellfish (8) 5 Immature sounding psychiatrist ? (4) 6 Chest model, roughly (5) 8 Reckless person pulled up short (3-4) 12 Quick-witted, but sly (5) 14 Got pram ! Cry, having hidden significance (10) 16 A pondering - that's funny (7) 17 Pining to break training (8) 21 A hard and cunning stand-in (6) 22 Solve mystery of the water rats (5) 24 Food served in here at suppertime (4) 25 Sleeps over broken pans ? (4)