WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1054

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, January 4, at Prize Crossword No 1054, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and a

ACROSS

1 Mood, atmosphere (5) 4 Boneheads, numskulls (9) 9 Stick-y sweets? (9) 10 Dental product (5) 11 Repudiate, cast off (6) 12 Protocol, solemnities (8) 14 Musical venue (5,5) 16 A Muslim’s Mecca pilgrimage (4) 19 See 2 Down. 20 Candied rind (6,4) 22 Hypothetical, putative (8) 23+22 Down.

Spiralling sweet (6,5) 26 Turf condition (5) 27 Another name for the

Queensland nut (9) 28 Restored to a normal

condition (9) 29 Boiled sweet (5)

DOWN

1 Cycle-racing arena (9) 2+19 Across. Uses belly to break down sweets! (5-4) 3 Beach attire (8) 4 See 25 Down. 5 Owning, haunting (10) 6 Chewy sweet (6) 7 Disguised loot cache? Sweet! (9) 8 Impertinent, brazen (5) 13 An ordinary pro (10) 15 Letting off, discharging (9) 17 Gelatinous sweet (5,4) 18 Pertaining to coats of arms (8) 21 Chewy sweet (6) 22 See 23 Across. 24 Ubiquitous sweet flavour (5) 25+4 Down. Sharp sweet (4,4)