WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 975
A prize of €100 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution drawn from a hat Entries must be received by Thursday, June 16, at Prize Crossword No 975, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 974 is: Susan Fulton, Magherafelt , Co. Derry.
ACROSS 1 Subordinate to, underneath (5) 4 Populous Asian country (9) 9 Accepting, hugging (9) 10 Headland, usefulness & indicate (5) 11 A funeral oration (6) 12 Animal worker gave me cereal, possibly? (8) 14 Large groups of holidaymakers, perhaps (10) 16 Runs the rule over animal workers (4) 19 A cycle of duty (4) 20 In a grand manner, wonderfully (10) 22 Frees, liberates (8) 23 Argentinian animal worker (6) 26 Animal worker’s marriage material (5) 27 Production, craft (9) 28 Animal workers and pastors (9) 29 Larceny, robbery (5) DOWN 1 Insect worker (9) 2 Tag, designation (5) 3 An animal worker in the movies (8) 4 Wading bird sacred to the ancient Egyptians (4) 5 Animal worker in the security industry (3-7) 6 Italian city (6) 7 Old animal worker (9) 8 Up and about, active (5) 13 US animal worker appears to be an abuser of his charge! (10) 15 Grey-green vegetable (9) 17 Rise high and fast (9) 18 Details I sorted out for dreamer? (8) 21 Kindness, affection (6) 22 Pleads, desires (5) 24 A tedious task (5) 25 Responsibility, burden (4)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 974:
ACROSS: 5 Attack 10 Unluckier 11 Macho 12 Incur 13 Elections 14 Luminosity 17 Fawn 19 Waif 20 Disappears 22 Refuelled 24 Cabin 26 Awash 27 Hot potato 28 Seeing 29 Consists
DOWN: 1 Cauliflower ears 2 Colic 3 Macaroni 4 Elite 6 Tomato 7+1 As cool as a cucumber 8 Knows one’s onions 9 Green tea 15 Mainframe 16+25 Spill the beans 18 Spacious 21 Peahen 23 Ditto