THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1121

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 3 September. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1121, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk.

ACROSS

1 High cost for members? (2,3,3,1,3)

10 Bush no longer in office needs support (7)

11 Garden intruder was angry about endless rainy weather (7) 12 Corrupt? Commonly, it isn’t (5) 13 Stone, say found in Idaho (3,5) 15 Around noon time, two girls dance (10) 16 Dull mother not drinking (4) 18 Opponent from Constantinople or Byzantium (4)

20 We will get excited with Ring seat (10)

22 Two short of legs eleven in game (8) 24 Note car on motorway (5) 26 Tell a ranter off (7) 27 Trouble-maker in Hello needing discipline (7)

28 Spy bases giving lots of annoyance (12)

DOWN

2 More loony teachers overseeing row (7) 3 Severe criticism for cooking (8) 4 Vessels from Channel Island moving bow to stern (4)

5 Land Rover perhaps short of power in favourite Indian city (10)

6 Very small girl put up in African capital (5)

7 Island Reagan attacked in the end (7) 8 Education with Chambers? (5-8) 9 Repair men test drive a trailer (13)

14 Memos about first-class books unsold (10) 17 Miserable retailer is a clown (8) 19 Some distant rumblings lead to childish outburst (7)

21 One isn’t affected with emotional strain (7) 23 Quiet noble is a gem (5) 25 Stop Doctor first of all (4)