Magazine crossword: 1529

This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 15 August 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine here.

Solution to Crossword 1527

ACROSS: 6 Hyena 7 Agar-agar 10 Theatre 11 Spaniel 12 Ontario 13 Smother 14 Achievement 19 Coal tit 21 So there 23 Emeriti 25 Clapper 26 Penelope 27 Image

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DOWN: 1 Fenestra 2 Batter 3 Malevolent 4 Dais 5 Radish 6 Hot dog 8 Abalone 9 Alarm 13 Seersucker 15 Hotline 16 Thespian 17 Aches 18 Dear me 20 Axemen 22 Tragic 24 Iron

Clue of the week: Great opera houses going under? The opposite (4)

Solution: ATOP (a hidden answer [“houses”] in “greAT OPera”)