Crossword No. 50

4100 to the first correct solution out of the bag and an exclusive Rosebud notebook to the runner-up

Across

8/25D Only ologists – by all sounds –

ferment such resentment! (4,5)

9 Break out a red line with sodium element for intravenous medication. (10)

10 Read you’ve heard about heart throb

given the cold shoulder? (8)

11 Steve McQueen got Fassbender on fast notice for his harrowing movie. (6)

12 RTÉ aside, where would you be

without it? (5)

13 Apple of her eye before he, too, went

sour! (4)

15 Gaelicisation of Scotland has some

historical basis. (4)

18 Path of attack where Clint would

invariably be seen. (2,3,4.2,4)

20 The ring is broken – best accept it

with this. (4)

21 Sounds like this place, as some of you

state. (4)

22/14D They may seem like dogs of war,

but they’re merely gentle giants. (5,5) 25 See 8A

27 It’s a mystery that’s hard to write which I hunt down endlessly to solve. (8)

28 Shows put on by those to make fools

of themselves? (10) 29 So the end returns with nothing therein accomplished. (4)

Down

1 A sign of what’s to come or gone.

(10)

2 Drinks for all at the table... more or

less. (6)

3 Loss of concentration here: please

delete end and amend. (5)

4 Framework for cruciverbalists. (4)

5 Ready for dancing and romancing?

Go to Glen Miller@itm.ie (2,3,4)

6 Rare old victory for the fighting

Irish? ( See 1014) (8)

7 Er... leave encore out for this time. (4) 14 See 22A

16 Uncouth types you’d prohibit twice ... as in getting out such yahoos! (10)

17 This is a book by Steven D –

celebrating Joyce, namely. (9)

19 At your fingertips, as ever, is the

best way to get manual labour. (8) 23 They’re called for in hospitals as well

as in pubs. (6)

24 Hollywood’s humorous homage to

its own is sorta bizarre. (5)

26 Bound to be heard if spellbound. (4) 27 Future determination you can leave

for others. (4)