WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1051

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, December 7, at Prize Crossword No 1051, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1050 is: Ena Walsh, Wilton, Cork.

ACROSS

1 Varadkar crazy for this animal! (8) 5 Wealthy businessman (3,3) 9 Provide funds for, finance (8) 10 Criticize, attack (6) 12 A time of difficulty (6) 13 Canadian police (8) 15 Cinema, movie theatre (7,5) 19 Broken-hearted, very sad (12) 22 Rather, partly (8) 24 Not square, having adjacent sides considerably unequal (6) 26 Satirical, incongruous (6) 27 Pre-event hype (8) 28 Stared lasciviously at (6) 29 US state (8)

DOWN

1 The office of a leading clergyman (6) 2 French painter father and film director son (6) 3 A bright scarlet colour (9) 4 Irritate, vex (4) 6 Middle Eastern capital city (5) 7 Cagey, tentative (8) 8 Hard metallic element at atomic no.74 (8) 11 Much put-upon person (7) 14 Old Turkish empire (7) 16 Country music (9) 17 Kitchen waste fed to animals (8) 18 Chat in a friendly manner at a social occasion (8) 20 Old Testament book (6) 21 Ancient, time-worn (3-3) 23 Relinquish, surrender (5) 25 Programming language, coffee (4)