WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1056

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 11, at Prize Crossword No 1056, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1055 is: Patrick O’Shea, Carrigrohane, Cork and No 1054 is: Bernie Golden, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

ACROSS

1 Lewis Carroll character and Jefferson Airplane hit (5,6) 10 Lewis Carroll’s tea party character (3,6) 11 A stringed instrument (5) 12 Easy-going, tolerant (7) 13 Most favourable or advantageous (7) 14 Lewis Carroll character in the soup (4,6) 16 Solid fatty tissue (4) 18 Dull heavy sound (4) 19 Any crab, lobster, shrimp, etc. (10) 24 Mythical beast and Lewis Carroll character (7) 25 Discerned, deciphered (4,3) 27 Lewis Carroll character (5) 28 Crazy Lewis Carroll character (5,4) 29 Satisfied Lewis Carroll character (8,3)

DOWN

2 Hoaxed, wore (3,2) 3 A ridiculously inadequate representation of something (8) 4 Anatomical muscle (7) 5 Nocturnal bird (4,3) 6 Summon, solicit (6) 7 Insignia, badge (6) 8 Lewis Carroll character in bad mood? Sure! (8) 9 Young bird and Lewis Carroll character (6) 15 Religious object (8) 17 Canvas beach footwear, a plimsoll (8) 18 Bird with brightly-coloured beak (6) 20 Calls something different (7) 21 Japanese feudal warrior (7) 22 Lunatic, madman (6) 23 Important Biblical figure (6) 26 Large Japanese city (5)