THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1007
An Ettinger coin purse and two Connell Guides will be given to the sender of the first correct solution to the crossword and the clue of the week opened on Monday 13 June. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1007, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Set by Tim Moorey (www.timmoorey.info)
ACROSS
1 Right away, hard worker goes to get bathroom items (10) 7 Quack comes from duck in US district (3) 9 Time for a kipper in lands abroad (6,3) 10 Face university pressure, study intensively (3,2) 11 Draw back from carbon in Beaujolais? (5) 12 Psychiatrist’s loss of business? (9) 13 Penalty seals one-zero in footie mag? (7) 15 Nearly staying upright in a sub (5-2) 17 Faces drop during contests (7) 19 In the midst of great worry embraces doctor (7) 20 Report of gun in unruly violence around one’s own family (5-4) 22 What emerges from plough analysis in the country? (5) 24 Introduction of grey relative, thin and haggard (5) 25 Take out one pound, overdue externally (9) 26 Watch your seat, Bishop! (3) 27 A separate short edition kept going (10)
DOWN
2 British car failing to start daily? (5) 3 Putting on soap operas after the French (9) 4 Foot extremely selfish initially in affiliation (7) 5 Trainees sent in wrongly to trap Republican (7) 6 Man from the south, economising? Not entirely (5) 7 Ruthless competition between Afghans? (3-3-3) 8 Police overtime payment mentioned in compound (6,7) 9 Mean principle for solicitors? (3,2,8) 14 Feel snout could be damaged by this instrument! (4,5) 16 One extensive border is close by (9) 18 Pupil is needing short check in sunny surroundings (7) 19 Gasp with irritation after parking twice withdrawn for veteran (7) 21 Most excellent father starts to drop off in bar for lawyers (5) 23 Saw publicity mature (5)