THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

27 Woolly-minded needlewomen (8) 1 Smash gavel, say, in a violent way (8) 5 Anchor designed for Greek ferryman (6) 10 Does it satisfy you to start assent now that you're getting older, perhaps (7) 11 Employee spotted a means of making cuts (7) 12 King dines with a poet (5) 13 Daily tram sets out in charge of the navy (9) 14 Where there might be a plot to get out of town? (6,6) 18 Transport for state coach (7,5) 21 Add scenery to the garden (9) 23 Authority, for example (sic) (3-2) 24 Dishonest criminal leader gets

fleeced (7) 25 Get a move on or leave the

ranks (4,3) 26 Assert new formulation at

pre-war conference town (6)

DOWN

1 Has a taste of the punitive ? (6) 2 League match, having kicked off, certainly not abandoned (6) 3 Clearly it covers what's on

show (5,4) 4 Land for shelter in the

Caribbean (7,7) 6 Peer's daughter or American

award girl (5) 7 Birds and flowers hold up

everything (8) 8 Recently made member of a union (5-3) 9 What stupid blank verse hasn't got (5,3,6) 15 Which French/English track is inactive? (9) 16 Puts in again (2-6) 17 No need to push to get in here (4,4) 19 Exclamation from an old god! (2,4) 20 Animals' fur is at the rear (6) 22 Dickensian character from the

skies (5) SOLUTION to #2662