THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1299
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 28 February. Email the answers as a scan of a completed grid or a list, with the subject line The Week crossword 1299, to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.com)
ACROSS
1 Month with a new writer? Very old one actually (8)
5 Bikes moved without purpose by old Bob (6)
9 Virginia’s partner into endless marijuana? That’s serious (8)
10 Famous footballer holds two diamonds to sell (6)
12 Yarn some feel is lengthy (5)
13 Expensive, like the entry to St Paul’s cathedral (1,3,5)
14 Busy road within reach? One’s on the far left (6)
16 Loose women seen in the front row? (7)
19 Model noticed what’s shaped like a comb (7)
21 Friends say, pose with committee briefly (6)
23 Ecstasy I’d arouse, while barely earning a living? (9)
25 Is trapped in very warm lift (5)
26 Sunday Times corrected splitting words (6)
27 Start game after tyrant’s gone? (5-3)
28 Chum allowed a platform (6)
29 The French annoyed before English game (8)
DOWN
1 Scottish pattern good in early knitting (6)
2 Former PM happy when almost drunk! (9)
3 Musical compositions sounding sugary (5)
4 Astaire was one doing a quickstep! (2,1,4)
6 Aim too high with deliveries and get shout of derision (9)
7 The Eagle’s in a whirl, we hear (5)
8 Female cooked hot pies like lamb (8)
11 Near darkness, temperature dropping (4)
15 Whisky illegally distilled? Nonsense (9)
17 Smileys e.g. Economist put out (9)
18 Type of bottle not appropriate for Cork? (5,3)
20 Expensive letter opener (4)
21 Fruit that’s an essential since taken up (7)
22 Check that’s an anagram of itself! (6)
24 Live in Llandrindod Wells (5)
25 No time to check former Czech currency (5)