LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1268:

ACROSS: 1 Pot-herbs 5 Bamboo 9 Misspent 10 Pellet 12 Allure 13 Gargoyle 15 Yorkshire fog 18 Squirrel-tail 23 Thrushes 24 Office 26 Rushes 27 Wild rice 28 Coyote 29 Disloyal

DOWN: 1 Pampas 2 Tussle 3 Esparto 4 Bent 6 Avenger 7 Bully-off 8 Outweigh 11 Machete 14 Skeeter 16 Esoteric 17 Guernsey 19 Respect 20 Infidel 22 Cereal 25 Fiji