LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1092:

ACROSS: 1 Abattoir 5+20 Pepper-and-salt 10 Power tool 11 Chalk 12 Thirsty 13 Applied 14 Ever 15 Gothenburg 18 Eastertide 19 Abba 22 Rescuer 23 Concord 24 Cream 25 Alexandra 26 Entity 27 House-sit

DOWN: 1 Amputee 2 As white as a sheet 3 Thrash 4 Ivory 6 Escaping 7 Platinum blondes 8 Riksdag 9 Bleached 16 Outbreak 17 Resubmit 18 Earache 21 Annals 23 Credo