THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Nunn completes more circuits than Gore coming around Canary Island seaport (3,6) 6 Cuts some meat (5) 9 Arched and jumped (7) 10 Dad has one bit of jewellery,

awakening two! (7) 11 Brief allusion to the thing

needing an overhaul (5) 12 Law-breaker wanting

exceptionally silent car (9) 13 True, dates should be processed

quickly (9) 15 Spirit that does the work in engine without end, we’re told ! (5) 16 A feline has one over the eight

(5) 18 Copper-topped raider he’d

confused (3-6) 20 Helper swipes bracelets (9) 23 Jet return trips (5) 25 Dainty turn I’d followed -

honest! (5-2) 26 Nobody’s now streaking in the

nude, anyway (7) 27 A name that might suit one (5) 28 Agreed, better end overtime -

it’s in the past (9)

DOWN

Bar one gets purchase from (5) Les, excited, about to breathe heavily ... gets limp (7) 3 Positions assumed by a duettist

(9) 4 Award finally presented during

banquet, perhaps (5) 5 When the sea parted somehow

the waters must have been (9) 6 Man having a number broadcast

immediately (5) 7 Good stuffing for a vegetable, in

my view (7) 8 One’s not prepared to perform

musically like this (5-4) 13 Chemical compounds minus,

apparently, skins (9) 14 Fanciful description of Tinker

Bell ? (4-5) 15 Happy to have fourteen pounds

in a bag ? (9) 17 A volcano’s opening has no right being on the Isle of Wight! (7) 19 Gave the country a wet rule, we

hear (7) 21 Flower of Scotland (usually with

“Bonnie”) (5) 22 Cuts up food on board (5) 24 Bear to cuddle and stuff, but not

in that order? (5)