THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bang for a bridge player? (4) 3 Dignified sculpture Susan saw

queen's head in (10)

10 Goes one better to KO the

female deer (7)

11 Blunt and futile! (2,5) 12 A royal estate (7)

13 Cattleman gets right into

channel port (6)

15 After a short attempt, has to

remove the rubbish (5) 16 Tense supporter of high-wire

act (9)

18 Biblical monster, horribly

vile, beheaded prophet (9) 21 It may give a shop a good

name (5)

23 Islands since found to contain unknown mineral source (6)

25 Involving one in recent

outbreak of fever (7)

27 Once famous NZ liner transports

an ape, I conclude (7)

28 Type of humour in article in French that initially outraged America (7)

29 Slave-driver teacher after a

job (4-6)

30 Dining hall needs tidying, it

seems (4)

DOWN

1 Motionless, like farm animals? (5-5)

2 Feeler, as before, to which the woman rises (7) 4 International meeting in dispute

— over time, perhaps (4,5) 5 Adjusted number on front

door (5)

6 Capitalise on a notable

achievement (7)

7 The unknown escaped

Quixote's fingers, indeed (5,2) 8 Food served in here at

suppertime (4) 9 Thingummybob with 500

rings had returned (6) 14 Price of a suit? (5,5)

17 Spirit, German beer and a

mixer drink (6,3)

19 They may have disguised

what is, namely, in Ulster (7) 20 A companion married in

RADA, for example (7)

21 Air Germany if making an

intermittent comeback (6) 22 Eat with company, drive by

the Sound (7)

24 Some people investigating

enemy secrets, initially (5) 26 Bath full of Thai dough (4)

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