THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 Beaten, due to no

preparation (7)

10 Ready to accommodate

pop, it's a gas (7) 11 "Betrayal" is a theatrical

success (7)

12 Hostile incursions into a

Greek isle, we hear (7) 13 Directions given to the

passage (5-4)

15 Shift, letter by letter (5) 16 Sow rice found about the sea-shore perhaps (7)

19 A grudge against an

outdated faction (4,3) 20 Elevator said to be used

in the bathroom (5) 21 Rebuild in another container with original engine in (9)

25 Band is squashed in, ripped apart by twisting motion (7)

26 Disagree over effect of

atomic bomb (7) 28 Church workers who are always on edge? (7)

29 Lakes `e'd transformed

in the Lake District (7)

DOWN

1 Choice personality (6) 2 Skinhead, alert maybe

but not so fresh (6) 3 Singular phasing of the

moon ? (4)

4 Fine state to be in (6) 5 Elated having got a

rise (8)

6 A miserable and

penitent condition (5,5) 7 Controlling factors (8) 8 What the tone-deaf cat does, caterwauling on its roof? (4,4) 14 Terrifying experience that heightens level of shock (4-6)

16 French priest comes round at four for healing (8)

17 Tricky performance

given in Oz (8)

18 Rene's in need of help; here's the cause (8)

22 A hundred of what's

paid is for drink (6) 23 Mythical horse, a hard

worker (6)

24 Ill-suited for

obligations (6)

27 Lot of water in the

slaked lime mixture (4)