THE BS CROSSWORD #3384

ACROSS:

1 Poise of the opposition when

in the red (7,7)

10 Firm to return in a mask,

perhaps ! (5)

11… next to a giant basketball

team (9)

12 Acted game inside nice

centre of Stonehenge (7) 13 Ship up the sauce (7) 14 Complaints for which the

doctor has a brief answer (5) 16 Small rises that naturally

precede bigger ones (9) 19 Does Head of State have a

soft liver? (9)

20 They push water into shoes (5) 22 Hairpiece looks best on

granny (7)

25 Original sort of painting ? (7) 27 Scheme whereby friend

retains a feature (9)

28 King a match for girl (5) 29 Solution: can't it change into a walk to benefit the health? (14)

DOWN:

2 Co-ed muddled over university call for paperwork (9)

3 At the finish, the thoroughbred trailing the field moved slowly (5) 4 Money gained through

someone else's loss (6,3) 5 Key to secure large building

of flats (5)

6 His plight? Broke the source of

illumination on the water (9) 7 Rusty hinge makes animal

cry (5)

8 Grants immunity to the last parliamentarian starting treatment in sex change (7) 9 A topping decoration (6) 15 Lodge, say, of insect

swarming first (9)

17 Where the policeman is

usually to be found (2,3,4) 18 Motor scooter with damaged

metal T-bar (9)

19 River to Scotsman is an

American river (7)

21 Iffy old county (6) 23 Nut able to follow school

exercises (5)

24 A health-giving drink (5) 26 Look down first and start

eating kangaroo on floor (5)