WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1048

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, November 16, at Prize Crossword No 1048, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1047 is: Terese Connolly, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.

ACROSS

1 The on-street part of a building (8) 5 Product, yield (6) 9 Quip, witty remark (3-5) 10 French Mediterranean resort (6) 12 Cheap, tinpot (3-3) 13 A sector of 90 degrees (8) 15 Weapon of mass destruction (8,4) 18 Gobsmacks, overcomes completely (6,3,3) 23 Office colleague (8) 24 A blanket with a hole for the head (6) 26 Venetian Renaissance painter (6) 27 US river and state (8) 28 A depth about group of seven? (6) 29 And so on (8)

DOWN

1 Aloof, cool (6) 2 Wild feline (6) 3 Three in one (7) 4 One obsessively enthusiastic about computers (4) 6 Native of 19 Down, say (7) 7 US defence headquarters (8) 8 Standard item of laboratory equipment (4,4) 11 Clinic, operation (7) 14 Returns and proceeds (7) 16 Why stack collapsed? Observe the heavens! (8) 17 A thick slice of bread (8) 19 Capital city in central Africa (7) 20 Cut off, separate (7) 21 Note, a set of eight (6) 22 Nine-day prayer devotion (6) 25 Portable shelter (4)