THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1118
An Ettinger travel pass 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 13 August. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1118, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (www.timmoorey.info)
ACROSS
8 Silly joke beginning to annoy (4) 9 Certainly not a way to buy a fridge (5-5)
10 Feeling of anxiety with psychology, say (10)
11 Enthusiastic about Italy? Suspect not (4)
12 Case of commotion at W Ham ground? Get a security person (8)
14 Charges about right for gnomes (6)
15 Doctor against ploy in surgery (11) 19 Father interferes before time (6) 20 At home with old canary (8) 22 Heard smartphone software being used in church recess (4)
23 Look after stationery retailer, one in a growth business (10)
25 Training in Norfolk town for sermons (10)
26 Head’s out to lunch (4)
DOWN
1 PM overlooks test of Boris once (7) 2 Platform said to be modified (4) 3 Not fit to be part of the company (6)
4 First lady has morning entangled with Piers? Usually it’s blooming late! (7,8)
5 Healthy drink provided by golf caddy? (5,3) 6 Cheer pilot off in this? (10) 7 Land around a US city (7)
13 Debate against barrier to protect Royal Engineers? (10)
16 City sadly unsuitable being out of bounds (8)
17 Mysterious underground room leads to interesting chamber (7)
18 Saints keeping strictly correct relations (3,4) 21 Strip part of duff lenses (6) 24 The pull of New Yorker perhaps (4)