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, July 12, at Prize Crossword No 1082, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1081 is: Marie O’Regan, Renmore, Galway.

ACROSS

1 An aid to the elderly (4,4)

5 Arab chief (6)

10 Bad temper, pique (9)

11 African pack animal (5)

12 God, the Creator (5)

13 Of an engine, prone to cutting out (9)

14 Inflatable pillow (3-7)

17 Information, facts (4)

19 An old measure of cloth length equal to 5.5cm (4)

20 Cooperated with nectar diet, possibly? (10) 22 Evidence, submission (9) 24 Cut into cubes (5)

26 Tyrone town (5)

27 Tight-lipped, cagey (9)

28 Excluded, clear (6)

29 Compulsory on-site safety equipment (4,4)

DOWN

1 Remain optimistic despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary (4,7,4)

2 Tourist accommodation (5)

3 Daily period formerly when the pubs used to close (4,4)

4 Vital organs (5) 6 Pairs of foot-operated cymbals (2-4)

7 Gauche, unrefined (9)

8 Maltreatment, oppression (5-10)

9 An oppressive or scary place (8)

15 Restore, put back in (9)

16 Agricultural building (3,5)

18 Not mounted, portable (4-4)

21 Rap music (3-3)

23 Showy Mexican plant, cassava (5)

25 Articles of porcelain (5)

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