LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1018:

ACROSS: 1 Spurs 4 Thwarts 9 Ice dancer 10 Iraqi 11 Radish 12 Sanskrit 13 Poetic 15 Saddlers 18 Blinkers 19 Astern 21 Inasmuch 23 Llamas 26 Leery 27 Currycomb 28 Harness 29 Doing

DOWN: 1 Stirrup 2 Upend 3 Slapstick 4 Tack 5 Workaday 6 Reins 7 Sea breeze 8 Girths 14 Elizabeth 16 Displayed 17 Tricycle 18 Bridle 20 Nosebag 22 Mayor 24 Maori 25 Iris