LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1099:

ACROSS: 1 Inter 4 Aladdin 9 Sheepdogs 10 Lower 11 Inside 12 Brush-off 13 Gouger 15 Bedmaker 18 Pedestal 19 Omerta 21 Turnspit 23 Talmud 26 Evoke 27 Initiator 28 Treadle 29 Salsa

DOWN: 1 Issuing 2 Teens 3 Rapidness 4 Anon 5 Asserted 6 Dolts 7 New Yorker 8 Prefer 14 Underfoot 16 Memsahibs 17 Pacified 18 Poteen 20 Andorra 22 Sieve 24 Motel 25 Time