WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 976

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 23, at Prize Crossword No 976, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 975 is: Elizabeth Phelan, Clonsilla, Dublin 15.

ACROSS

1 Fizzy drink dispenser (4,6) 6+28 Across. Embarks on a voyage (4,4) 10 Commodities traded at an agreed price and paid for later (7) 11 Agricultural building (7) 12 Contrive, manoeuvre (8) 13 Pastoral, agrarian (5) 15 Fugitive, brigand (6) 16 Be in a dazed condition (3,5) 19 Circumvent, avoid (8) 20 Building housing aircraft (6) 22 African mammal that’s partly striped (5) 24 Draw level, even up (8) 26 First, original (7) 27 A member of the criminal fraternity (7) 28 See 6 Across. 29 A fabulous marine monster (3,7)

DOWN

1+25 Down. Every politician’s dream? (4,4) 2 Set off explosive (9) 3 Medical liquid (8,6) 4. Star sign (6) 5 Happened, took place (8) 7 Old anaesthetic made there? (5) 8 Being on horseback too long (6,4) 9 Circus performer (5-9) 14 Tales told in an attempt to elicit sympathy (3,7) 17 Christian philosopher and saint, 354-430 (9) 18 Bugle-call to awaken soldiers (8) 21 Misgivings, doubts (6) 23 The fact of being elsewhere (5) 25 See 1 Down.