CROSSWORD
No 1,564
TO ENTER Complete the crossword and count how many times the letter ‘X’ appears in the grid. Post your entry to YOU Crossword No 1,564, PO Box 5332, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2. Closing date is Friday, October 27. One random winner from all correct entries will win €100 and five runners-up will win €25 each. Winners will be notified within 14 days. Solution in two weeks
ACROSS
7 Written texts of plays or films (7)
8 Fast way of sending a letter overseas (7)
10 Deep-rooted, ingrained (10)
11 Country which used to be known as Persia (4)
12 Fuel – also known as kerosene (8)
14 (and 25, 26 across and 3, 9 down) Abraham Lincoln quotation (and speech) inspired by Jesus Christ (1,5,7,7,6,6,5)
15 Featuring a large proportion of well-known actors or other performers (4-7)
19 Frantic and chaotic (6)
20 Reserved, uncommunicative (8)
22 One of the Great Lakes of North America (4)
23 Kent city famous for its cathedral (10) 25 See 14 across 26 See 14 across
DOWN
1 Public disgrace (7)
2 US coin worth ten cents (4) 3 See 14 across 4 Where wine grapes are produced (8) 5 All-powerful (10) 6 Co-founder of the Cubist movement (7) 9 See 14 across 13 Exact opposite (10)
16 Reused, reprocessed (8) 17 US state (7) 18 Padded support at the side of a chair (7)
21 Official leaders of the religious activities of a particular group of believers (6)
24 Prison on a sailing vessel with two masts and square sails (4)