CROSSWORD No 1080

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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 28, at Prize Crossword No 1080, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1079 is: Mairead Rafter, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

ACROSS

1 Vigour, get-up-and-go (8) 5 A polar region (6) 10 Meeting, rally (9) 11 He starred in Catch-22 and Little Miss Sunshine (5) 12 Flabbergast, bewilder (7) 13 Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (7) 14 The river of Hades (4) 15 Objectors, dissenters (10) 18 Diet and exercise establishment (6,4) 19 An accumulator bet (4) 22 Residents of N Canada (7) 23 Oily map possibly showing old games site? (7) 24 Knitted shoulder-covering (5) 25 Domestic water heater (9) 26 One baring all (6) 27 Hoary old joke (8)

DOWN

1+18 Down. Refuse to be moved or persuaded (3,4,5,2) 2 A phrase synonymous with local objection (3,2,2,4,4) 3 Breakfast cereal (6) 4 Central European (5) 6 Put a vehicle through its

paces (4-4) 7 Objecting, opposing (6,9) 8+20 Down. Urge people to vote in opposition (7,7) 9 Agent provocateur, rabblerouser (8) 16 Funkier’s an odd description of objector! (8) 17 Incentive, spur (8) 18 See 1 Down. 20 See 8 Down. 21 Mediterranean island (6) 23 Vitality, enthusiasm (5)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1079:

ACROSS: 1 Footpath 5+4 Father Time 9 Dad’s Army 10 La-di-da 12 Loofah 13 Pendulum 15 Top of the Pops 19 Daddy Day Care 22 Stand out 24 Chrome 26 Emends 27 Laziness 28 Satays

DOWN: 1 Fiddly 2 Old boy 3 Placatory 6 Award 7 Heirloom 8 Rearmost 11 Lettuce 14 Popadum 16 Earthling 17 Odysseys 18 Adjacent 20 Popeye 21 Census 23+29 Daddy-long-legs 25 Dado