The Week - UK (2021-02-13)

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ACROSS

7 Head of compliance gets lots of

publicity about statebodies (8)

9 Single Oscar meets Wayne out

to lunch (3-3)

10 Steals fitting in error (15)

11 Councillor facing river

emergency (6)

13 Sensationalheadline?That’s

this!(8)

14 Our cast improvised without

tenor? Here’sagood one (6)

15 Live behind head of Science,

adiscriminating person(6)

18 Alert put out in court battle (8)

20 Squeeze former partner, tense

by the sound of it (6)

22 Finished celebrated run and lost,

for example (4,11)

24 Source of oil that’s not worth

much?(6)

25 Find record surplus (8)

Clue of the week:See red, green and yellow items (2,7 first lettersG&B)

The Times

Thisweek’swinner will receivean

Ettinger(ettinger.co.uk) travelpass

case(assortedcolours), which retails

at £105,and two ConnellGuides

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SolutiontoCrossword 1245

ACROSS: 1 Toiletries 7 Hip 9 Lightsout 10 Largo 11 Wince

12 Shake-down 13 Fanzine 15 Step-ins 17 Visages 19 Soprani 20 Rifle-shot

22 Rasta 24 Gaunt 25 Stevedore 26 See 27 Past master

DOWN: 2 Organ 3 Lathering 4 Tootsie 5 In tears 6 Solve 7 Harmonica

8 Prognosticate 9 Law of averages 14 Nose flute 16 Exporters

18 Schisms 19 Set term 21 Estop 23 Store

Clueoftheweek:Onewhohadabrushwiththelaw?(9,firstletterC)

Solution:CONSTABLE

The winnerof1245 is Steven Maddocksfrom London

Charity of the week

The Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) supports a

network of over 400 independent food banks in the UK

and advocates on their behalf atanatio nal level. IFAN’s

vision is ofacountry without the need for emergency

food aid where everyone can afford to buy good food.

As aresult of the Covid-19 pandemic, independent food banks have seen

asignificant increase in need for their services. Many people have had to

resort to usingafoodbankfor th efirst time. IFAN is run byasmall core team

while its member organisations reach hundreds of thousands of people.

Your donation would mean IFAN can continue to advocate for changes that

would reduce the need for charitable food aid as well as assist its member

organisations to support people unable to afford food in communities across

the UK.You can donate online at foodaidnetwork.org.uk/donate.

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1 Repairbrokensword(6)

2 Lady’sjokebeginningtoannoy(4)

3 LettersinEnglishcounty:they

supportthesack(8)

4 Comparativelyimpoverishedin

jugreportedly(6)

5 Thistypeissetapartinparty(10)

6 Sortofartistworkingonflagsin

away(8)

8 Favourbaropeningforpartner(6)

12 Windylakeinthecapital(10)

14 Desperatesearchtoincludea

dayforquietgame(8)

16 Traindutytakenwithout

hesitation(8)

17 Marked,ashalfthecharacters

inabikiniare(6)

19 ShedworkerseeninLiverpool

regularly(4-2)

21 ConsultaboutEnglishdouble-

breastedjacket(6)

23 Coppervesselfinallybrought

intoschool(4)

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