THE BS CROSSWORD

# 3065

ACROSS:

8 Friend with a card for the theatre, maybe (6) 9 Fever starts to fluctuate (3) 10 A clear, dry solution (4) 11 Might be stored free in beastly space (4-6) 12 Arrangement of late carrying weight in China (4) 13 Happy thongs of people hide a venomous creature (6) 16 Dividing up Scottish pattern, line a muslin (8) 17 Bake in a small enclosure and deteriorate (7) 18 No doubt it will strengthen if forty is reached (7) 22 Body of a flier (8) 25 Called for a limited time (6) 26 I'd be around to stay (4) 27 Telephone kiosk perhaps for incessant talker (7,3) 30 Humble dwellings being reconstructed thus (4) 31 Close your eye quickly, not starting to produce fluid (3) 32 Find some more spirit in order to keep going (6)

DOWN:

1 Bit of a blow from a saga left unfinished (4) 2 Welsh lady having trouble with French husband (4) 3 Checks votes again in details (8) 4 Accomplishes things (7) 5 It's lowdown, by the sound of it (6) 6 History teacher who is a real expert? (10) 7 Came in to change the pictures (6) 14 Over there, my poet ! (3) 15 Game the beaters flushed out (10) 19 Confront unflinchingly ? (8) 20 He's against one twisting the tail thereof (3) 21 Goes about and makes fast again ? (7) 23 Exceptional end to the communique (6) 24 He'll hurry beyond the bend (6) 28 A collar that's not well finished, by the sound of it (4) 29 A presage for me: no going back outside! (4)