THE BS CROSSWORD
# 2782
ACROSS
8 In advanced years, how old Dorothy is (6) 9 Not many in life will succeed (3) 10 Makes money from sea birds? (4) 11 Like the ghost that appeared exactly at midnight ? (4,2,4) 12 A novice on the water, but a fine swimmer (4) 13 Be going round the lines for a casual look (6) 16 Give a false account of girl going over the gallery (8) 17 Athlete suffered angst when covering my back (7) 18 Alert when first a fluke possibility appears (7) 22 What the caddy is holding ? (5,3) 25 Equally confident, promise (6) 26 Pests such as require the presence of two-thirds of police (4) 27 Artist gets mistaken for a shrewd tactician (10) 30 It may be the devil to pay,
but not without a tear (4) 31 Regularly visited sublime
German city (3) 32 Ethelred almost described as
poorly educated (6)
DOWN
1 Curly’s mean, interrupting Moe in St. Thomas (4) 2 Cart backed three feet (4) 3 Wanders around the mares’ den, perhaps (8) 4 The whole truth and nothing but the truth (7) 5 Covers the entire range of brushes (6) 6 They appeal to those who don’t wish to move when they retire (10) 7 Favoured portly round figure — really! (2,4) 14 He was seen at the end of Siege of Troy (3) 15 Fabric originally worn in church but ultimately at home (10) 19 A container accordingly provided for a prickly plant (8) 20 Gripped by traumatic uprising,
as Egypt was once (3) 21 Grand camera used in
Japanese craft (7) 23 Insolvent rugby players dineout(6) 24 50-50 chance that drunkard
reverted to drink (4-2) 28 Secure or rig up a Tibetan
leader (4) 29 Join avuncular American
touring England (4)