THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1173
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 9 September. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1173, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.info)
ACROSS
1 Right away, hard worker attempts to get bathroom stuff (10)
7 Martin perhaps seen in Indochina (3)
9 No more petfood – it’s bedtime! (6,3)
10 Stick around at university for study (3,2)
11 Shrink from clubs in hock? (5) 12 Psychiatrist getting on, shortened – showing this! (9)
13 Soccer mag, excellent covering two Australasian countries (7) 15 Deputy on his feet mostly? (5-2) 17 Faces of six wise men (7)
19 In the middle of great worry, medic enters (7)
20 Report violent protest about meat (5-4)
22 Lady who’s remarkable if slightly twisted in the end (5)
24 Grand relative, thin and haggard (5)
25 Delia quit cooking – it’s murder! (9)
26 Canterbury is one to view (3) 27 Back agent to get cut? Kept on (10)
DOWN
2 British sports car failing to start daily (5)
3 Putting on soap operas to west of US city (9)
4 Whistles – that’s for piggy (7) 5 North American trainees sent in oddly to trap Republican (7) 6 Wrong to arrest second boy (5) 7 Ruthless fighting between Afghans? (3-3-3)
8 Police overtime mentioned in compound (6,7)
9 Mean legislation? (3,2,8)
14 Do Eastern tunes flow endlessly from this? (4,5)
16 Do leasing arrangement, being close to a bank? (9)
18 Academic child in sunny surroundings (7)
19 Long-standing worker’s irritation after parking withdrawn (7)
21 Bar put up almost turned over (5) 23 Scratch before squeezing a bit of a spot (5)