THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1224
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 7 September. Email the answers as a scan of a completed grid or a list, with the subject line The Week crossword 1224, to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.com)
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1 Disease in worker not there (6) 5 Prepare to shoot a small number mentioned for flyer (8) 9 Foreign relation? (8)
10 American president once left lady’s name (6)
11 Parent lied and is corrected as Trump should be (12)
13 Spike was one to talk a lot (4) 14 Nourishing element is amazing! (8)
17 Carpet salesman stuck with insect (8)
18 Leon wrong to make a comeback (4)
20 Unemotional nature wherein solver will find love! (5,2,5) 23 Doesn’t work under the table (6) 24 Rum, rhubarb and nuts (8) 25 Goes for income (8)
26 Burns perhaps the first in a series (6)
2 Pointed remark from London theatre? Not half (4)
3 Revealing experience in which pupils are engaged (3-6)
4 Walk uneasily in summer (6) 5 What bossy photographer may be doing (7,3,5)
6 Escort fellow working to protect Her Majesty (8)
7 Separate gin one’s served up (5) 8 Nan somehow organised singular exhibition (3-3,4)
12 O that’s part of 20 across (4-6) 15 End Metro travels to take in a large building (5,4)
16 Taxi loads reduced for the whole works (8)
19 Gangster rings, the cause of bad luck (6)
21 Some guru nice about old Scandi poem (5)
22 Rishi perhaps spent recklessly? According to reports (4)