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CROSSWORD No 1154

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, 28 November, at Prize Crossword No 1154, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1153 is: Fionnuala Brannigan, Kimmage Road West, Dublin 12.

ACROSS

1 Genesis, delivery (5) 4 Exodus, withdrawal (7) 9 Great numbers, crowd (9) 10 Job, business (5) 11 Franciscan town? (6) 12 Wisdom, shrewdness (8) 13 Lamentations, crying (6) 15 Gymnastic exercise (8) 18 With the skin removed (8) 19 Spiritualistic session (6) 21 Corinthians, dabblers (8) 23 Mark, pustule (6)

26 Acts, contracts (5) 27 Stretches of road where stopping is prohibited (9) 28 Proverbs, adages (7) 29 Chronicles, epics (5)

DOWN

1 Deplores, mourns (7) 2 Judges, pronounces (5) 3 A little bit of bad weather and a hot-line’s crashing! (9) 4 Very heavy defeat (4)

5 Young person (8)

6 More, reserve (5)

7 Customs, folklore (9) 8 Precious stones, girls! (6) 14 Outlaws in the 17th century (9)

16 Kings, chiefs (9)

17 Liquid receptacle nicer jar made? (8)

18 African country (6)

20 Historic city in Turkey, site of an Ancient Wonder (7) 22 Treatise, composition (5) 24 A nasal tone (5)

25 Revelations, gossip (4)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1153:

ACROSS: 1 Seaports 5 Ashore 10 Ethnicity 11 Earth 12 Trident 13 Kilburn 14 Rota 15 Bleak House 18 Beautician 19 Flip 22 Richard 23 Rat trap 24 Acrid 25 Teddy bear 26 Yelled 27 Hebrides

DOWN: 1 Sweater 2 A Christmas Carol 3+4 Oliver Twist 6 Stealthy 7 Our Mutual Friend 8 Enhance 9 Gymkhana 16 Lucidity 17 Straddle 18+23 Barnaby Rudge 20 Papyrus 21 Stayer