THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Achievement by small

creature for getting inside (6) 5 Cross had replaced rope in

window (4,4) 9 Disobedient christian follower (8) 10 A tradesman with material possessions (6) 11 A boring type rejected a dose of cocaine as stimulant (10) 12 Alum ground with heavy hammer (4) 13 What made the table wobbly on the cricket field ? (5,3) 16 That’s something one might never sing, in short (6) 17 Bodies in swimming costumes (6) 19 Ran because he had grabbed a gun (8) 21 Beast making me all right inside (4) 22 Supported, nevertheless, with locks (10) 25 A few in road transport get luxury food (6) 26 In the end he turned two

pages and came on it (8) 27 The main area of lawn? (3-5) 28 Knock out some facts about

an aircraft (6) DOWN 2 Declared base (5) 3 Nothing pleasant gets postponed (2,3) 4 Hard extremity breaks one in the end (3-4) 5 Sport for boarders at the seaside (7) 6 Approach somebody, but not in a direct way (5,2) 7 Fabric cleaner your writer gets to resort to (9) 8 Change one’s behaviour if marsh plant grows acute (2-7) 14 Noisy agricultural implement found at entrance to English spa town (9) 15 Delivering conclusion with hesitation in boxing arena (9) 18 Is switched on to be airconditioned and it’s very cold (7) 19 Difficulties wish thumbed lifts (7) 20 Lined road, fully developed, note (7) 23 Find a number inside in a polished manner (5) 24 Chris, the racketeer, to turn inside out ? (5)