THE BS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Original Dutch community finally settled on York (3,9) 10 At the core, Saudi torturer is an IRS agent (7) 11 ‘Urinate on half-a-dozen?’. ‘Quiet!’, quoth the querulous (7) 12 In fact, her meter may record it (5) 13 Put in ordinary language, she has the edge (8) 15 Got out of bed under the influence of an optimistic viewpoint (4-6) 16 A strike in a plant ? (4) 18 Bumpkin would appear extremely dense in test (4) 20 Large-billed bird swallows fishtail and dog, becoming uncertain as a result (5-3-2) 22 Up, and that's no lie (3,2,3) 24 Vehicular receptacles? (5) 26 Exodus one man regarded as imperative (7) 27 Man I rub the wrong way - from Italy (7) 28 Does it make sailing rather a burden? (5,7)
DOWN
2 Can’t stop, so finish with a smaller quantity (7) 3 Mechanise co-driver, possibly (8) 4 Bloody important piece of lawyer's clause rashly written ? (4) 5 Feel it's what distinguishes beginners from old hands (10) 6 Just imagine, some paper ! (5) 7 For a gold piece, I do more work (7) 8 Sound indication of worker's comings and goings (7,6) 9 Perhaps, to headhunters it means a lot (5,8) 14 In a manner befitting Lamb ? (10) 17 Hang around to get a plant (4-1-3) 19 Mews under water? (7) 21 Speciality to eat out calcified tissue (7) 23 At heart she is a communist (5) 25 Daintily pleasing the disheartened copper first (4)