CROSSWORD No 1076

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 31, at Prize Crossword No 1076, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1075 is: Alex Logue, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

ACROSS

1 Dimwit, blockhead (5)

4 Serving a jail sentence (5,4)

9 University teaching position (9)

10 Get the better of, surpass (5)

11 Disrepute, wickedness (6)

12 Jailed, locked up (2,5)

14 Encroaches, trespasses (8,2)

16 Commotion over trifling matters (4)

19 Theatre, airport exit & attendance (4)

20 Safety official doing wife errand, possibly! (4-6)

22 Fettered, restrained (7) 23 Arctic shelters (6)

26 Italian fashion house (5)

27 Bony-plated mammal (9)

28 Dippy seas brought about indigestion? (9)

29 Russian supremo (5)

DOWN

1 Keeping in custody, holding (9)

2 An identifying mark or symbol (5)

3 In custody pending trial (2,6)

4 Qatar’s capital (4)

5 Jailed, held captive (10)

6 Bad-tempered sort, grumbler (6) 7 Puzzled, fascinated (9)

8 Online publication (5)

13 Jailed, incarcerated (6,4)

15 Miserable wages, small amounts (9)

17 Hands out a jail sentence (5,4)

18 Jailed, put away (6,2)

21 Jailed, in the slammer (6)

22 Fenced in, confined (5)

24 Young nocturnal bird (5)

25 Massive Village People hit (4)