LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1047:

ACROSS: 1 Clasp 4 Hip pocket 9 Balalaika 10 Terry 11 Enwrap 12 Unbidden 14 Buttonhole 16 Gild 19 Dais 20 Trouser-leg 22 Simplify 23 Elicit 26 Banal 27 Incognito 28 Ensembles 29 Epoch

DOWN: 1 Cobwebbed 2 Allow 3 Polka dot 4 Hail 5 Plain flour 6 Outfit 7 Kerb drill 8 Try on 13 Shirt-frill 15 Trimmings 17 Dog’s-tooth 18 Negligee 21 Slalom 22 Sable 24 Cairo 25 Aces