THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1183
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 18 November. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1183, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.info)
ACROSS
1 Type reproduced with endless facility (6)
5 Religious rebel, one negative about gratuity (8)
9 A new doctor enters producing something poisonous (8)
10 Lots of publicity about mostly old saws (6)
11 HQ holds leases on one part of Arctic Ocean (7,3)
12 Muslim leader in problematic situation first to last (4)
13 Fiat alongside old special service unit (8)
15 Popular action? Yes (6) 17 Polish boxer in the end gets a black eye (6)
19 Conservative US group leaves income about right (3,5)
21 They carry instruments of war (4) 23 Agreeable remark coming from rustic types, about 50 (10)
25 Daughter, one invested in bonds cleans up (6)
26 First drink perhaps, for each Italian in first-class force (8) 27 Harshly cut cathedral city (8) 28 Put down sign banning animals from the east (4,2)
DOWN
2 Tenor aria arranged for formal band (5)
3 Dame slain possibly by me? (6,3) 4 Moderate change in net cash (7) 5 Treat heavy patroniser for what might prevent undesirable habits (8,7)
6 Brainy stuff from head of Thierry Henry and his friend (7) 7 Bit of plaque behind denture (5) 8 Top guy at the moment, I should be inside! (9)
14 Different sort of theories about origin of wealth (9)
16 Sort of trousers water runs down? (9)
18 Chambers in ceremony gets retort (7)
20 Awful rawness returns (7) 22 Strike in troubled times (5) 24 One needs a thick skin to make money (5)