THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1070

An Ettinger Brogue Collection key case 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 4 September. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1070, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (www.timmoorey.info)

ACROSS

1 Part of camera provided by market researcher? (10) 6 Just open for a drink? (4) 9 Giant periodical covering travel (5)

10 In which hospital gowns are stored? (9)

12 Garden centre with fish? It’s where kids play (7,6)

14 Part of America is resentful with motorway engulfing it (8) 15 Cheers for model (6) 17 More affected in row after a run (6)

19 Dark centrepiece in maroon headgear (8)

21 They can do damage in winter transport strikes (13)

24 Newspaper’s absorbed by theatrical event and new sketch writer (9)

25 Joins in furore coming from the east (5) 26 Deception jumpers reported (4) 27 Dramatist wary about entering predicament (10)

DOWN

1 Siren volume booster (4) 2 Good design improved in the Borders (7) 3 Shape of a rowing crew? (6,2,5)

4/8 It’s well-meant, only we aren’t serious sadly (3,5,10)

5 Almost topless before the crowd? (5)

7 Patient fellow with many odds and ends (3,4) 8 See 4 11 Roller that’s the best ever? (6-7) 13 Diplomat Sam’s abroad for a change (10)

16 Last day of the year ordered mahogany (8) 18 Tinkers with digital tabloids? (7) 20 Following Guinness son’s departed drunk! (7)

22 Some Kerala maharajas served up Eastern porter (5)

23 Attention-seeker from Bishop’s Stortford (4)