LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1017:

ACROSS: 8 Waterloo 9 Reagan 10 Whiten 11 Artistes 12 Pliant 13 Ovenware 14 Wind instruments 18 Snow tyre 21 Thrown 23 Well-to-do 24 Warren 25 Adjoin 26 Lord Muck

DOWN: 1 Warhol 2 Westward 3 Plankton 4 Woman of the world 5 Writhe 6 Warsaw 7 Water rat 15 Innuendo 16 Untoward 17 Eardrums 19 Willow 20 Yvonne 22 Wrench