WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1021

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, May 11, at Prize Crossword No 1021, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and addr

ACROSS

1. A source of worry (8) 5. Stalk, trail (6) 9. Bulge, stick out (8) 10. Without success,

fruitlessly (2,4) 11. North American wasps

(6-7) 14. Scottish turnips (5) 16. Ambitious type (4-5) 17. Food plant (9) 19. Heraldic black (5) 21. Facially unattractive

(2,3,8) 24. Manufactured cloth (6) 25. Protection from harmful

UV rays (8) 26. Lumberjack, recorder

(6) 27. Hazardous insulating

material (8)

DOWN

1. Ballyhoo, publicity (4) 2. Novice, beginner (7) 3. Relating to the ear (5) 4. Another name for rabies (11) 6. Restraining device (9) 7. Yearned to reorganise religious house? (7) 8. Aquatic sportsperson (10) 12. Heavy goods vehicles (11) 13. Humdrum, ordinary (10) 15. The moon, say (9) 18. Gardener’s aid (4-3) 20. Beast supposedly inhabiting the N American wilderness (7) 22. Permeate, suffuse (5) 23. Sporting stabilisers? (4)