CCW Crossword

WHAT THE WINNER GETS: The first correct crossword entry drawn will win a Ring emergency kit containing hi-vis jacket, warning triangle and LED torch (worth £35.99), Ring solar-powered charger, Ring Onelamp and Ring booster cable. This great selection of items is ideal for when you are working on your car. Send your completed crossword with your name and address to CCW Crossword Comp (1 November 2017), Bauer Media, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA. The closing date for entries is Wednesday 8 November.

CLUES ACROSS

1 1960s Mini spin-off (5,3) 7 & 3 down Classic 1960s roadster driven by Emma Peel in TV’s The Avengers (5,4) 10 Production of this East German classic started in 1957 (7) 11 _ Motors, South Korean company bought by Kia in 1976 (4) 12 The 200 or 400 offered by TVR in the 1960s (8) 14 Upmarket Gilbern cars made between 1966 and 1969 (6) 15 The name behind the 360 microcar launched in 1958 (6) 18 In terms of acceleration, it delivers a response (8) 20 Ford engine fitted to the De Tomaso Vallelunga (4) 22 Upper power band on the rev counter (7) 23 Citroën ZX replacement (5) 24 Well-known telecom vehicle of yesteryear (8)

CLUES DOWN

2 Like Innocenti and Vignale, nationality-wise (7) 3 See 7 across 4 _ Bugatti, the famous firm’s founding father (6)

5 The Lancia Gamma’s engine type (4-4)

6 Engine type common to the Maserati Mistral and Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire (8,3) 8 Austin’s FX3 or FX4, for example (4) 9 Targa-top evolutions of the Lamborghini Urraco launched in 1976 (11)

13 These 3.3-litre Vauxhalls arrived in 1968 (8)

16 Ferrari 330 _ , a 1963 interim model (7)

17 A 1930s’ Triumph whose name was later used by Prince and Nissan (6)

19 How did Lada badge its Nova for the UK market? (4)

21 How engines might perform in far from industrious fashion! (4)