WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1015

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, April 30, at Prize Crossword No 1015, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1014 is: Dolores Cummins, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

ACROSS

1 Tea-growing region of N India (5) 4 Chinese philosopher, 551-479 B.C. (9) 9 Ingenuity, resourcefulness (9) 10 A paved area adjoining a house (5) 11 Younger lover (6) 12 French philosopher, 1694-1778 (8) 14 A written copy (10) 16 A furnace for firing pottery (4) 19 Circular movement of water (4) 20 Wages, payment (10) 22 Greek philosopher, 469399 B.C. (8) 23 The commonest rock-forming material (6) 26 Western European river (5) 27 Lively, vigorous (9) 28 French philosopher, 1596-1650 (9) 29 1993 Booker Prize-winning author (5)

DOWN

1 Greek philosopher, 384322 B.C. (9) 2 A variety of cabbage (5) 3 Small snake-slaying animal (8) 4 Basket, stone fragment & golf shot (4) 5 Idiot, simpleton (10) 6 Pretentious, snobbish (6) 7 Perception, gut feeling (9) 8 Garment worn over the shoulders (5) 13 Disrespectful, tongue-incheek (10) 15 Valiant, brave (9) 17 Tech-zine’s featuring German philosopher? (9) 18 Spent a lot of money (8) 21 Snapper in judge’s chamber? (6) 22 Scrap, fragment (5) 24 Ostentatiously rich or stylish (5) 25 The foremost of the ancient Greek gods (4)