CROSSWORD No 1079

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, June 21, at Prize Crossword No 1079, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1078 is: Brendan Hanlon, Rathmines, Dublin 6.

ACROSS 1 Pedestrian way (8) 5+4 Down. An old bearded man carrying a scythe (6,4) 9 Classic TV comedy show (4,4) 10 Affectedly superior, pretentious (2-2-2) 12 Bath sponge (6) 13 Swinging clock part (8) 15 Old TV music show (3,2,3,4) 19 2003 comedy starring Eddie Murphy (5,3,4) 22 Be prominent, shine (5,3) 24 Plating metal (6) 26 Edits text, corrects mistakes (6) 27 Sloth, torpor (8) 28 SE Asian peanut-based dishes (6) 29 See 23 Down. DOWN 1 Tiresome to use, difficult to handle (6) 2 Former pupil (3,3) 3 Peace-making, calming (9) 4 See 5 Across. 6 Give as a prize, adjudge (5) 7 An object passed down through a family (8) 8 Last of all (8) 11 Salad vegetable (7) 14 Mop up ad misrepresenting Indian snack? (7) 16 Person of the world (9) 17 Long adventurous journeys (8) 18 Beside, neighbouring (8) 20 Cartoon sailor (6) 21 Nationwide head-count (6) 23+29 Across. The crane-fly (5-4-4) 25 A rail running around the wall of a room (4)