THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1143
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 11 February. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1143, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk.
ACROSS
1 Young scout is hanging around street artists (7) 5 Source for supplying a cooker direct (7) 9 A pee is what starts puzzle! (6,3) 10 Spoils seat in retreat (5) 11 Tidy border in front of park repeatedly (5) 12 In a risky situation but with a cracking future? (2,4,3) 13 Leapt from Sierra car crash (6) 14 They have an edge in Normandy drinks, we hear (8) 16 Swedes, say cut short after cheer (4,4) 18 Shortly settle without husband (2,1,3) 22 Norma and Sian working in a republic (3,6) 23 Patience, for example the Met show? (5) 24 Bit of cloth on girls? (5) 25 Admit it’s a complaint (9) 26 Listens out for recruits (7) 27 He’s one part of a heater (7)
DOWN
1 Party food as pecan nuts (7) 2 Rotten landing is comparatively rough (7) 3 Significant alterations made by a new broom? (8,7) 4 Description of how provocative models turn up is perfect! (4-2) 5 Obvious single part of harmonic series (8) 6 Training that has impact? It’s bound to lead to conflict (9,6) 7 Surprisingly, age is no worry (7) 8 Vagrants seen in briefs one ignored (7) 15 Rough person is feeling under the weather (8) 16 Prize decoration fixed in memory (7) 17 Net entry that’s an accidental blunder (3,4) 19 Expel gas from second-grade, broken heater (7) 20 What’s all this PC stuff? I’ve had enough (5,2) 21 Neckwear from East London? (3,3)