THE BS CROSSWORD #3137

ACROSS:

9 Before university, leap at rocky mesa (7) 10 Rocky, Neil, Ira, or Delta, perhaps (7) 11 Depending on the call about an old English town (7) 12 Penny has a plan to complete (4,3) 13 Acts badly with a parasite around … a situation promising inevitable defeat (4,5) 15 Around the North this might be seen to be legally intervening (5) 16 Loud quarrel with son produces litter (7) 19 Mouth full of water? (7) 20 Audibly slate American chap (5) 21 Conforming to good taste, I cast thee out (9) 25 Exhausted after a time, got dressed (7) 26 He displays resolution 60 minutes after midnight (7) 28 Just say no, it must be returned by the soldiers (7) 29 Almost departed with the wrong load on the canal (7)

DOWN:

1 April's eccentric helix (6) 2 Qualified to be in the first and last fictitious stories (6) 3 Half-hearted retain one military cap (4) 4 Think you can ring off? You only finish up fighting (4,2) 5 Wyatt! That's Church Aid in hearing (8) 6 Game for an experimental marriage? (5,5) 7 Part of the Indian Ocean - parts are moist (5,3) 8 Rugged pastureland the railway followed (8) 14 Evidence of perversity and contrariness in wreckage of Ringo's cars (5-5) 16 Are stirring up concerns about weapons (8) 17 Infer gut trouble when making a denial (8) 18 Getting very heated in a wet sort of way (8) 22 Refuse stitch on time (6) 23 Instrument stand - carelessly drop it (6) 24 Engagement for a doctor in Ulster, perhaps (6) 27 Some people like grilling such fish (4)