WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY

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, May 24, at Prize Crossword No 1075, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1074 is: Ann-Marie Maher, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.

ACROSS

1 Widespread ruin, devastation (5) 4 Moreover, in addition (7) 9 Downcast, mournful (9) 10 Shot, snap (5) 11 Fawning types, hangers-on (3-3) 12 Nicer jar ruined as petrol-container! (8) 13 Ructions, hullabaloo (6) 15 Southern African country (8) 18 Brightly illuminated (8) 19 US Pop artist (6) 20 Youth, young person (8) 22 Grave crime (6) 25 Employ, bring to bear (5) 26 Celeb photographer (9) 27 Oppression, autocracy (7) 28 Open out, extend (5)

DOWN

1 Amorous frolicking (4,4,6) 2 Opinions, vistas (5) 3 A city in Ohio (9) 4 Floating secured mark (4) 5 Bone framework (8) 6 Drug-taking athlete (5) 7 A tardy individual, a laggard (9) 8 Traditional personification of malt liquor (4,10) 14 The 32nd American President (9) 16 Bird worrier (9) 17 One’s allotted time (8) 21 Sacrificial site to change, we hear? (5) 23 Flowed gently (5) 24 Agile, nimble (4)