WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1014

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, March 23, at Prize Crossword No 1014, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1013 is: Fionn Ennis, Maynooth Road, Properous, Co. Kildare.

ACROSS

1. A talking-shop (5) 4+1 Down. A soldier with just cause (7,7) 9 An irregular soldier (9) 10 Clergyman (5) 11 A tuft of loosely hanging threads (6) 12 Highly-skilled musician (8) 13 Divulge, uncover (6) 15 Old soldiers never sat around! (8) 18 A narrow passage (8) 19 See 23 Across. 21 An insolvent person (8) 23+19 Across. Expendable soldiers (6,6) 26 Soldier, hard work & moisture (5) 27 Courses of study (9) 28 Old soldier and holiday camp worker (7) 29 Reconnoitred with a view to burglary (5)

DOWN

1 See 4 Across. 2 Emits an offensive smell (5) 3 A soldier for hire (9) 4 See 20 Down. 5 One being tested (8) 6 Result of fairway golf shot? (5) 7 A 20th century British Prime Minister (9) 8 Soldiers and gangs of Boy Scouts (6) 14 Soldier, do-gooder (9) 16 Self-seeker, narcissist (9) 17 A spicy Spanish soup

served cold (8) 18 Surprise, waylay (6) 20+4 Down. Ordinary

soldiers (4,3,4) 22 Assessed, classified (5) 24 Parts of speech (5) 25 Toughness, fortitude (4)