THE BS CROSSWORD #3376

ACROSS:

6 I foiled new production of opera (7)

7 What are the odds of porous plate being stuffy? (7)

9 Teaching assistants run into hospital facility for shocker (5) 10 Grappled mid-easter with laptop in coarse coating (9)

11 Note essential to Purcell? (6,1) 13 Tchaikovsy's Eugene had a single drink (3,3)

15 Does it mean that fault was found with the first mass? (6,7)

19 Hosts tending to be offensive (6)

20 Misgiving about the foreign garment (7) 23 I'm down, so wretched, then start to grin as a result of this? (45)

24 Greek character has weekend with papa in someway (5) 26 Wrestle like boxers (7)

27 That would seem to be just about the RIP of possessions (7)

DOWN:

1 International development agency students were initially girls ! (4)

2 All for making a sort of arrangement (6)

3 Means to communicate way to

limit high score (5,4) 4 Russian writer opening up about press (8)

5 Second-rate number with a sense of being derived from life (10)

6 Mohammedans pray to her father if a mat is put out (6) 7 Go different ways for a bit (4) 8 Severe punishment for keeping things dark (6) 12 Realm visited at night-it's fantastic (5,5)

14 He thought a lot about being a Swiss cutie, one-off provocative type (9) 16 Viewed too much, so must be supervised (8)

17 How to take in yam dug up in a big heap of grass (6) 18 Parts with his thongs (6) 21 Having to work for oneself, and what a mess! (6)

22 Some judges have quite a few to drink, first to last (4)

25 Cheer up - it's a fringe