THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1075

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 9 October. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1075, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (www.timmoorey.info)

ACROSS

1 Small actress Jane is a beauty (7) 5 Actor Herbert in a lead showing self-confidence (6) 9 What an ally is for most (6,3)

10 Choral piece starts to move orchestral tutor each term (5) 11 Extract remains to be heard (5) 12 One raising cheers spoken of in English racecourse (9)

13 Crew member shooting for a living (9) 16 I sort swimming trunks (5) 17 One enters for love in country dance (5)

19 Starter joining opera cycle with no end of polish? That’s staggering (9)

21 What garrulous types do in the greatest degree (9)

23 Record tenant needing no introduction (5) 25 Finch partly nose ringed (5) 26 Old person not following tragic fire broken (9) 27 Agree rise as broadcast (6) 28 Hairstyles of tout in two seconds! (7)

DOWN

1 Training in Kentish Town? (8,6) 2 Saw girl with large US corporation (5)

3 What to draw from annual leave before period cut short (7)

4 Slate Russian leader upset about nothing (5)

5 Everyone previously around Washington gets a payment (9) 6 New lab term for light unit (7) 7 Bones used by terrible miser hanging around so long (9)

8 Tipster’s caring about final odds (8,6)

14 Smart name changed for old soldiers (3-2-4)

15 I reckoned police force outside however (9)

18 One group of engineers called in for order (7)

20 Rot found in Eastern tree twice (3-4)

22 Play an instrument continuously? Stomach about an hour! (5)

24 Confuse shy cast (5)