THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 One needs a certain pull to get on in the business (7) 10 Pawnbroker keeping what’s very big to put on view (7)

11 Dishonest actor appearing as a philosopher (7)

12 Having the worst round again, stop messing about (7)

13 Migrating bass: known winter travelling hazard (9)

15 Bar one gets purchase

from (5)

16 One doesn’t take in so

much doing this (7) 19 Fought and released

king imprisoned (7) 20 Bird pines away (5) 21 Posing nude, without

clothes, naked ... (9) 25 Car-cover vending

machine (7)

26 A horse and an ass the

man takes round (7) 28 To the point (7) 29 Attending British university, the French take up the Spanish guitar (7) 1

DOWN

Itinerant having second thoughts about moon (6)

2 Which in Rome could take in a no-good public body (6)

3 No place for telling it to

Bible readers (4)

4 He’s named as the girl’s

fiance (6)

5 Heart in mouth, sends letters to lonely places (8)

6 A comrade in the class

struggle? (10)

7 Extra quantities

finished, too (8) 8 Trained fellows to

colour (8)

14 This particular bird is made to attend at the wedding (10)

16 After coming this far sit

bewildered in bop (8) 17 Being put out, get six

in (8)

18 Pinched, allow it can be run in the hit-parade (8)

22 Stupid politicians fling this back repeatedly (3-3)

23 Bets they're poles of

some sort (6)

24 Bank on finding a

follower? (6)

27 Old King, cunning, endlessly hoarding gold (4)