CROSSWORD AND HOROSCOPES

TO ENTER Complete the crossword and count how many times the letter ‘X’ appears in the grid. Post your entry to YOU Crossword No 1,601, PO Box 5332, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2. Closing date is Friday, July 13. One random winner from all correct entries will win €75. The winner will be notified within 14 days. Solution in two weeks.

ACROSS

6 French brandy (6) 7 Chewy biscuit made with rolled oats (8) 9 How the achievement of winning a Grammy, an Emmy, an Oscar and a Tony during a career in show business is known (4) 11 County in northwest England (10) 12 Fundamental principles (6) 13 Sweet cake topping (5) 14 Order to attend court (7) 16 Puts down, humiliates (7) 18 Occupied, as a lavatory (2,3) 19 Nickname for the Great Bell in the clock tower of the British Houses of Parliament (3,3) 20 West Side Story star who won a 9 across (4,6) 21 Evening time (4) 22 Lower in value or quality (8) 23 US state that 7 T has Topeka as its capital (6)

DOWN

1 Well done – as Cliff would sing! (15) 2 Currant-filled cake for The Goon Show character? (6) 3 German coin worth one hundredth of a mark (7) 4 Weekly or monthly publication (8) 5 Thought experiment in which an animal may be both alive and dead (12,3) 8 Late British actor who won a 9 across (4,7) 10 Group of three in power (11) 15 Nervous, unstable (8) 17 Noisy merrymaking (7) 19 American actor/ writer/director who won a 9 across (surname) (6)