LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1051:

ACROSS: 1 Aardvark 5 Fat cat 9 Bankroll 10 Impugn 12 Crisis 13 Mounties 15 Picture house 19 Inconsolable 22 Somewhat 24 Oblong 26 Ironic 27 Ballyhoo 28 Leered 29 Maryland

DOWN: 1 Abbacy 2 Renoir 3 Vermilion 4 Rile 6 Amman 7 Cautious 8 Tungsten 11 Doormat 14 Ottoman 16 Hillbilly 17 Pigswill 18 Schmooze 20 Joshua 21 Age-old 23 Waive 25 Java