LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1085:

ACROSS:

1 Conch 4 Ropeworks 9 Cut and run 10 Eider 11 Relays 12 Estimate 14 Academical 16 Opus 19 Hops 20 Bluebottle 22 Flytraps 23 Square 26 Union 27 Dinginess 28 Gall wasps 29 Orton

DOWN:

1 Cockroach 2 Natal 3 Honey bee 4 Rare 5 Pond-skater 6 Weevil 7 Red carpet 8 Surge 13 Millipedes 15 Asphyxial 17 Stevenson 18 Mosquito 21 Erenow 22 Flung 24 Avert 25 Ants