THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mark, for instance, a top

policeman (12)

10 Arrives on horseback with a

purse I'd mislaid (5,2) 11 Having been ripped-off at a

party, one got the wind up (7) 12 A fellow traveller, perhaps (5) 13 Gets back once more, by

demands (8)

15 Ready to go to shops, but take the wrong way in alley (10) 16 Break up without starting an

argument, being on edge (4) 18 Came up, we're told, from the

ranks (4)

20 Get nuclear fission for a

member of the family (5-5) 22 Bury gold around island that

is hidden (8)

24 Capital of Belgium has a

dearth of onyx (5)

26 One quit bad coaching for a

dish of dumplings (7)

27 A threat to schools, in the

main? (7)

28 They rise or fall to some

degree (12)

DOWN

2 It comes to a timely end in December (3,4)

3 Set in speechless bagpipe of

old (8)

4 For a month, I see, this would

be bad (4)

5 Not suspected of a thick soup

drinking ? (2,3,5)

6 Learn about a place near

Mumba ? (5)

7 Are you aware they can

actually see, by the sound of

it ? (7)

8 Test match ? (5,8) 9 Demolition of homes is a

crime (13)

14 It wasn't enough for nurse

Cavell (10)

17 Turn buns when cooked and

well-browned (8)

19 If you're wanting, you're just

not in it (7)

21 Hit the ball, the dog catches it

and there's an outcry (7) 23 City church follows up

resistance to survey (5) 25 Fancy being seen with that

chap! (4)