THE BS CROSSWORD

# 3085

ACROSS

1 Tenochtitlan holding all the Aztec money? (7,2,6) 9 It's to do with good breeding (7) 10 Does the horse thief steal it, too? (7) 11 A number there about (5) 12 A comedian may come from the country (9) 13 Make public and say it continued till late in the evening (9) 15 I sham to get Olympic mascot of Moscow ? (5) 16 Shawls in box wife picked up (5) 18 Win over, with circular argument? (4,5) 20 Collaborating with some jokes among Peruvian Indians? (2,7) 23 A slim mixture in a ragout of pre-cooked game (5) 24 Conclude, on return, there's nowhere in which I'd less like to be (7) 25 How one was expecting in a heavy sort of way, by the sound of it (7) 26 Entire pig leaves - one does it thoroughly! (4,3,5,3)

DOWN

1 Words-plays, perhaps, or novel rhymes (8,7) 2 As used for building an extra strong sty ? (3-4) 3 Skin treatment works (9) 4 A substitute for healing, perhaps (5) 5 Riles chef badly, the basket! (4-5) 6 Iceland, I see, is out to find such a beast (5) Little children amid loud labourers (7) 8 Noah so demanding (3,3,3,3,3) 14 A way to perform in the capital in the sports~centre (9) 15 Aquatic plant providing a variety of materials (5,4) 17 Chief opponent out of reach (4,3) 19 Open for lunch, which is cooked at the interior (7) 21 Some of Arthur's trunks are made of wood (5) 22 Porthos was heroic, to some extent - inclined to swagger? (5)