LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1055:

ACROSS: 1 Puffball 5 Scarab 9 Reignite 10 Baltic 12 Shiver 13 Coolness 15 Out in the cold 18 A nip in the air 23 Siberian 24 Winter 26 Bitter 27 Moderate 28 Euclid 29 Seascape

DOWN: 1 Perish 2 Frigid 3 Bandeau 4 Late 6 Charlie 7 Ratted on 8 Backside 11 Norther 14 Mistral 16 Passable 17 Diabetic 19 Israeli 20 Iciness 21 Ottawa 22 Freeze 25 Pole