THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1409
Two Connell Guides and three Week-branded items will be given to the sender of the first correct solution to the crossword and the clue of the week opened on Monday 22 April. Send it to The Week Crossword 1409, 121-141 Westbourne Terrace, London W2 6JR, or email the completed grid/listed solutions to crossword@theweek.co.uk. Tim Moorey (timmoorey.com)
ACROSS
1 Guy on field injured in soccer war (9)
9 Determined topless lady seen in front of soldier (7)
10 Short layer ignored (7)
11 Rock great in Tangier possibly (7)
12 What’s said to have been postwar food, taken at intervals? (9)
14 Gallery in foremost product trial (4,4)
15 Have cracking neckwear for a City type (6)
17 High officer damages Henry (7)
20 Exercises with top person in old Eastern capital (6)
23 State of California if set out differently (8)
25 Nearly all ancient works creating a stink (9)
26 A loner’s worried in Italian port (7)
27 Spanish bread no longer used in recipe set aside (7)
28 Outside vote lost for ever (7)
29 Bar opening, masses cite being raptures (9)
DOWN
2 Coin met abroad? Yes, in South America (7)
3 Massage image showing point of no return (7)
4 Afternoon refreshment for the elite? (5,3)
5 Engineer wide view (6)
6 Pleasant chum gets a restaurant booking (9)
7 It can be reshuffled (7)
8 Witnessing game of cricket in giant ground (9)
13 Extremely bad lamb, say out to lunch (7)
15 We hear someone raising a glass for racecourse (9)
16 No pilgrim out for begging (9)
18 Obvious answer beginning to perplex Mum? (8)
19 One’s mad to be off this vehicle (7)
21 Have such pets and always be anxious? (7)
22 Sped back with speed to tell a story (7)
24 Name much reduced strip of pasta (6)