THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1197

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 2 March. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1197, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.info)

ACROSS

1 Church next to a quiet cove (4) 3 Ready to absorb large amount in real business (5,5)

10 Broadway show band’s opening surely almost tuned? Yes, take it away! (9)

11 Passage is kept by porter (5) 12 Useless Italian holds biro the wrong way round (5)

13 Cheat tax? Leads to endless ramifications (8)

15 Concerning brave creature, dodgy one-liner not right (7)

17 Type of valve designed to deter (7) 19 Pinched tenor Edward not strong internally (7)

21 Fish on line: it could be heavy to lift (3-4)

22 Side with refined bats bowled first (8)

24 Loans taken to cover university entrance (5)

27 Hunting finally banned, the country set lobby (5)

28 Animated miners’ leader certainly not black (4-5)

29 Season well with herb mentioned (10)

30 Eye complaint that’s occurred in the last year (4)

DOWN

1 Coupe cars dash into castle unexpectedly (10)

2 Nest one found on large lake (5) 4 Make return on holding a lot of shares (7)

5 Pan two-step dancing (7)

6 Fire built up in Italian cafés (5) 7 Dish is briefly in container part (9) 8 Something in the garden stood out in leaves (4)

9 Do shake tin to get cooler (4,4)

14 Good day in the pits with distinct backing for Chile (5,5)

16 Go like this to beat a punter (3,6) 18 Reject act with feathers (4,4) 20 Firmly positioned in satellite, speedily erected (4-3)

21 Offending against convention not good for head of Ministry (3,4)

23 No lead in pencil? That’s material (5)

25 Shed say, suitably designed and constructed (5)

26 Said to be dream converted residences (4)