WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1024

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 1, at Prize Crossword No 1024, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1023 is: Ann Stewart, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.

ACROSS

1 Nick, score (5) 4 Young-looking? (4-5) 9 Exemplar, paragon (4,5) 10 Short dog (5) 11 Knock-on effect, bang (6) 12 Dark reddish-brown colour (8) 14 Plant with a bagshaped flower (10) 16 Mild cheese (4) 19 Surging water on the beach (4) 20 Soot strewn around hedge-plants? (10) 22 Thorny plant with small dark-red fruit (8) 23 Yellow-flowered plant used in salads (6) 26 Musical instrument and pansy-like flower (5) 27 Nascent, beginning (9) 28 Rancher, cowboy (9) 29 Supermarket passage (5)

DOWN

1 Plant of the daffodil genus (9) 2 Bulbous flower (5) 3 Murder, killing (8) 4 Fullness of flavour in a wine (4) 5 Poisonous plant (10) 6 Element, circumstance (6) 7 Aromatic plant used as a food flavouring (9) 8 Common composite plant (5) 13 A trailing plant with edible leaves (10) 15 Plant providing a nutritious starch used in food processing (9) 17 Parasitic plant with white berries (9) 18 Climbing plant with fragrant flowers (5,3) 21 You’re under a powerful influence if in this (6) 22 Widespread destruction (5) 24 Necessitates, craves (5) 25 Examine closely (4)