THE BS CROSSWORD

#3053

ACROSS:

7 Telling a lie, grant is found out (8)

9 Long for a skein belonging to

the queen (6)

10 Fast, send the cap back for

one of the characters! (4) 11 Caddy I sent badly organized

(10)

12 Pot red by mistake - it’s too

much ! (2,4)

14 Cunning, subtle and

endlessly capricious (8) 15 Halfway through study of

refuse heap (6)

16 The king and I put on in college, but in cramped style (6)

19 The best, though little used,

as paths go (8)

21 Can leg break feel like pins

and needles? (6)

23 Street paintings, perhaps,

feature cape in Devon (5,5) 24 Protection family doctor should take in the morning (4)

25 Country scent paper missing

(6)

26 Twisted and spared in

another way (8)

DOWN:

1 Entertain royalty, for instance, with drink (6) 2 Cross, in a fashion when

pale (4)

3 Italian Joe (8) 4 Driver’s precaution in mountain ranges?! (6) 5 I make Henry go into the country for inspiration (10) 6 Bring a new order into

force (8)

8 Ally against dog and horse

uprising (4,2)

13 Maybe left hard, devious

and misleading clue (3,7) 15 Watches and controls ion

storm revue ? (8)

17 Confront unflinchingly ? (8) 18 Blacksmiths’ blocks needed about five new nails (6)

20 Here’s something for your trouble, dear, to find my shoulder-cape (6) 22 Apprentice gets pigment

for furniture (6) 24 Dizziness experienced without me being unpleasant (4)