CROSSWORD

TO ENTER Complete the crossword and count how many times the letter ‘X’ appears in the grid. Post your entry to YOU Crossword No 1,585, PO Box 5332, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2. Closing date is Friday, March 23. One random winner from all correct entries will win €100 and five runners-up will win €25 each. Winners will be notified within 14 days. Solution in two weeks

ACROSS

7 Capital of India (3,5) 9 Capital of Greece (6) 10 (and 11, 24 across, 15 down) Proverb that encourages us to look beneath the surface (4,5,1,4,2,3,5) 11 See 10 across 12 Water around a castle for its defence (4) 13 Looks for (8) 14 Informal name for a taxi driver (6) 16 Distressing, tragic, extremely sad (13) 18 Jail (6) 19 Hand over (8) 22 18th-century British queen who was the last Stuart sovereign (4) 24 See 10 across 25 Burden, responsibility (4)

26 How Bombay is now known (6)

27 Doctors who perform operations (8)

DOWN

1 State of rest (6) 2 Leading articles in newspapers (10)

3 Hebrew prophet (6)

4 Spanish port that is the third largest city in the country (8)

5 George Michael’s band before going solo (4)

6 Squeezing – as though making bread (8) 8 Imprudent acts or remarks (13) 15 See 10 across 16 Scolding, intense verbal attack (8) 17 Country in Africa (8) 20 Capital of Turkey (6) 21 Relating to (or resembling) a horse (6) 23 River to the North Sea (4)