WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1037

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, August 31, at Prize Crossword No 1037, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1036 is: Colm Kilmurry of Drogheda, Co. Louth.

ACROSS

1 Suspicious of piracy? Corrected legal document! (4,4) 5 The sound of noisy weeping (3-3) 10 Canine viral illness (9) 11 The star of ‘Ninotchka’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ (5) 12 A cross between a greyhound and a collie (7) 13 Biblical book (7) 14 Frolic actively (4) 15 Travelling bags (10) 18 Spiced lamb foodstuff (5,5) 19 Search thoroughly (4) 22 East African native (7) 23 Party, knees-up (7) 24 Watery, damp (5) 25 Something incidental to the point (4,5) 26 Go to bed (6) 27 Orchestral musicians (8)

DOWN

1 Crab, conman & musician (7) 2 Musician, player (15) 3 Childcare facility (6) 4 Old smoker and musician (5) 6 Roasting iffy musician? (8) 7 Keyboard musicians (15) 8 Shockingly, it’s boos for these musicians! (7) 9 Large Leinster town (8) 16 The state of being old (8) 17 Rapacious animal (8) 18 US commercial traveller and musician (7) 20 Military musicians (7) 21 Relating to a son or daughter (6) 23 Edge towards in a furtive manner (5)