THE BS CROSSWORD #2924

ACROSS:

1 My paws, moving around

find a difficult patch (6) 4 Keeps away from others (8) 9 Article on cutting patterned

cloth (6)

10 During shift rang about

tree (8)

12 Latent heat frequently in a

roof-space (4)

13 Company jumped at import

of countryman (10)

15 Cursory description of minor

poet’s work (6,6) 18 Fashionable chap finding a

place to stage a fight (3,5,4) 21 Nonconformist person associated with glee or disorder (6,4) 22 Among children only, it’s a

scene of parting (4)

24 Nora and her servant moving about, but not in a by-lane (4,4)

25 Leave the flat ready for

possession ? (6)

26 Contracted to switch ends,

manage Rosewall (8) 27 Dwindles away to nothing (6)

DOWN:

1 Deciding to make no further

moves? (8)

2 Ear-shaped Maori fur wrap

(8)

3 This recipe, assuredly

includes the vegetables (4) 5 Marksman’s small

instrument aimed at head of

spotted owl (12)

6 Permitted to run, I bring

game to an end (10) 7 Deceived by the family, also ?

(4,2)

8 Climbs, drops one and sniffs !

(6)

11 Reading material from singer-songwriter releasing second book as month turned (4,8)

14 One Cheddar cheesy shape?

(10)

16 Be beaten, and look to shed

dignity (4,4)

17 They pry with some hesitation into golf-club’s set-up (8)

19 Fraud by heartless punks

or rascals (6)

20 A weapon presented for

repair, being faulty (6) 23 Issued orders in poor

English (4)