THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1145

An Ettinger travel pass case and two Connell Guides will be given to the sender of the first correct solution to the crossword and the clue of the week opened on Monday 25 February. Send it to: The Week Crossword 1145, 2nd floor, 32 Queensway, London W2 3RX, or email the answers to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.info)

ACROSS

8 Stylish young society girl broadcasting (8) 9 Sum for a charger perhaps (6) 10 AB Brown in woollen cloth (6) 11 Kitchen device isn’t rare in a way (8)

12 Minister cut and cut humorous verse (8)

13 Gorge starter in café with some working (6)

14 Who’s put his name in lights? Could be me (9,6)

18 Not on in Germany’s capital for the foreseeable future (6) 20 Pepper spray gets near rioting (8) 23 Force screw up cracking wood shelving (8)

24 Hard to get Mark to join church (6)

25 Knight, good one is on the wagon (6)

26 Cockney’s top quality viewpoint (3-5)

DOWN

1 Particular crazy idealist is missing (6)

2 Character’s caught out by price for cookers (8)

3 Start midday meal around one (6)

4 Minor rows with lover upset you! (9,6)

5 Noisily criticises private accommodation? (8) 6 English poet’s proposal (6) 7 Stake gambled on wayward Pole is a buck? (8) 15 Film near blasted shooter (8) 16 Gambling using pay phone (8) 17 Youth gets start on horse before Her Majesty (8)

19 Polar covering, one taken up in amazing pic (3-3) 21 More ill-advised, fatty food (6) 22 One pound? More agreeable to pocket a thousand (6)