THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1210
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 1 June. Email the answers, either as a scan of a completed grid or a list of answers, with the subject line The Week crossword 1210, to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.info)
ACROSS
1 Building official, one in lead (6) 4 Embarrass active party (5)
8 Pole sent round jolly fine show (8)
10 Despatch is leaderless – that’s the conclusion (6)
11 Style of Barnet party? (4-2) 12 John’s Reliant crashed (7) 13 Selling at home, Georgia gets angry and bitter (6,4)
15 Cooler young lady swallowing nothing (4)
16 Bass for Nag’s Head, undiluted wallop (4)
18 Excess fat in the automotive business? (5,5)
21 Contracts for medical experts (7) 22 Hands perhaps cracked in Ariel soap initially (6)
24 Spirit or beer after first of May (6) 25 Ravel composed elegant number (8)
26 Arrive on time in first jet (5) 27 Port is fantastic – cheers! (6)
DOWN
1 Hotel in La Paz renovated (5) 2 Queen’s irate about African country (7)
3 Excellent bridge partners breaking a total as mentioned (7)
5 Expel gas from second-grade, broken heater (7)
6 Sidney and Heather moving furtively (7)
7 Worker has run off in Reebok, for example (8)
9 Lofty adult has church office in US capital (11)
14 Extreme dislike of one account (8) 17 Rent trouble given by a twister (7) 18 Frank’s the answer because Fred is out of bounds (7)
19 Someone’s backing Hugo – he’ll throw you out (7)
20 Yankee faces married supporters (1-6)
23 Brilliant display seen in Québec latterly (5)