WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY
CROSSWORD No 1070
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, April 19, at Prize Crossword No 1070, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1069 is: Grace O’Malley, Coolock, Dublin 5.
ACROSS
1 Mythical monster (8) 5 Pointless excitement or activity (4-2) 10 Fast-acting adhesive (9) 11 Feed data into a computer (5) 12 Country and international radio code word (5) 13 Self-service restaurant (9) 14 Huge, colossal (10) 17 Fuzziness, muddle (4) 19 Ice hockey disc (4) 20 Manager on estate (10) 22 Cack-handedness, stupidity (9) 24 Of a relationship, not steady (2-3) 26 Turn upside-down (5) 27 Pleasure-seeking, congenial (3-6) 28 South African city (6) 29 Gaseous element (8)
DOWN
1 Domestic cleanser (7-2,6) 2 Fast, speedy (5) 3 Commonplace, ordinary (8) 4 A light purple colour (5) 6 Narcotic which I, a poet, abused? (6) 7 Small piece of office equipment (9) 8 Very large weapon (4-8,3) 9 Muscled attractive men in general (8) 15 Gangster, hoodlum (9) 16 An act of compromise (5-3) 18 The exact starting time for an operation (4,4) 21 Sporting arenas (6) 23 A yellowish-beige colour (5) 25 Outstanding, due (5)