WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY

CROSSWORD No 1086

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, 9 August, at Prize Crossword No 1086, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1085 is: Sal Uí Fhlatharta, An Cheathru Rua, Co Na Gaillimhe.

ACROSS

1 Northern Europeans (5) 4 Gin cocktail getting inn-goer drunk? (7) 9 Whiskey cocktail’s part of NY (9) 10 Assume, extrapolate (5) 11 A group of whales (6) 12 Former prison island off San Francisco (8) 13 Cuban cocktail of rum, lime juice, etc. (6) 15 Advocaat and lemonade (8) 18 Test, try-out (5,3) 19 European capital city (6) 21 White wine and soda water (8) 23 Star sign (6) 26 Windscreen feature (5) 27 Champagne and orange juice (5,4) 28 Brandy cocktail, antispeeding device & wasp? (7) 29 Male duck (5)

DOWN

1 Payment taken in one go rather than instalments (4,3) 2 Mixture of alcohol, fruit juices, spices, etc. (5) 3 Fit to sail (9) 4 Bonkers, crazy (4) 5 Iced cocktail with lime (3,5) 6 A board to contact the spirits (5) 7 Anger, severely vex (9) 8 South American country (6) 14 Skipping equipment (4-5) 16 Saw, observed (9) 17 A bacteria resistant to antibiotics (8) 18 Renounce, repudiate (6) 20 Rum cocktail, defraud & stirring-stick (7) 22 Foot bones (5) 24 Spanish island (5) 25 A bare spot on a hillside (4)