LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1041:

ACROSS: 1 Meatloaf 5 Scotch 10 Dune-buggy 11 Rerun 12 Mulch 13 Lithesome 14 Barometers 17 Aida 19 Town 20 Retaliated 22 Expectant 24 Viper 27 Insinuant 28 Yesmen 29 Rational

DOWN: 1 Madame Butterfly 2 Annul 3 La Boheme 4 Angel 6 Carmen 7 Terrorist 8 Hansel and Gretel 9 Hysteria 15 Rawlplugs 16+26 The Magic Flute 18 Giovanni 21 Scheme 23 Tosca 25 Prawn