THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1024
An Ettinger travel pass holder 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 10 October. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1024, 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 Switch a photographer, a young impudent type (14)
9 Mostly humble clothing for Arab ladies (4) 10 Little bit of concern in chorus (10) 11 Build up a team for an audience (6) 12 Useless person late getting round (8)
13 Quick to show the necessity of having a conductor (9) 15 Said to bring up flat fish (4) 16 Right and wrong stitch (4) 17 First sign for ornamental gardens (9)
21 Lady in charge entering northern Italian city (8) 22 Show up former lover’s attitude (6) 24 US magazine owner is late (6,4) 25 Pip, a strong tennis player (4) 26 Where you may find trudging postman only one time? On the contrary (8,6)
DOWN
2 Barbie greeting famous composer before one (7)
3 Puzzle is more upmarket but not hard (5)
4 With choppy sea, duck is going in one direction (7)
5 Cheers from audience after leaving their seats? (8,7) 6 A street light is missing (6) 7 Left former PM in south Asian capital (4,5) 8 Lets in foster-parent also (7)
14 Member get nothing in China for playing small instrument (9)
16 Try set dinner with first and last in nutrition ignored? Not for these (7)
18 Danger to shipping, one cold diver sent up (7)
19 False step taken by a German sculptor (7)
20 Close down when gale blowing (4,2)
23 Sauce is nuisance on ring (5)