THE BS CROSSWORD #3290

ACROSS:

8 Could you do without a head

and wrestle with it? (4)

9 Mob going back to the box

office for cheap wine (5)

10 An actor on a talk show may be

expected to explain it. (4) 11 Quick point made by craft (6) 12 Clubman funding art on air (8) 13 Ghost-like quietly into foreign

cartels (8)

15 Close - doubly close in fact (6) 17 Sly Frances heading for

damaged virtue (7)

19 Joint that gets dusted? (7) 22 You don't want to put your foot in it, and frighten the postman (6)

24 Living like a god (8) 26 It proves to be unusually

playful (8)

28 Release with no cuts? (6) 30 Mr Flintstone is loud and

colourful (4)

31 Cared to look over very

educated Danes initially (5) 32 Coins central to Aztec usage? Vital to French currency, too! And Europe's, also! (4)

DOWN:

1 Think how to make a hot

drink (4)

2 Force reduction during the

current break (5,3)

3 One who maltreats a Barwon

Head customer (6) 4 Shrewdly cunning around

trading-centre (7)

5 Downy fibre attached to

twig (6,2)

6 Broadcasts about business in

smelting waste (6)

7 Long live Violet and Virginia

Small ! (4)

14 Heavenly body of Mickey' pet (5) 16 Girl can also be an able

learner (5)

18 Visitor left, throwing out caustic

criticisms (8)

20 Many wise people show such

craft (8)

21 Little time to rave about a

goddess (7)

23 Military line-up of shops ? (6) 25 Not much good but not in

the view of those who have

benefitted from penicillin ? (6) 27 For knitters the alternative

is plain (4)

29 Letters of credit (4)