CROSSWORD No 1093

WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY

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, September 27, at Prize Crossword No 1093, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1092 is: Grace O’Sullivan, Killarney, Co. Kerry.

ACROSS 1 Footless tights (8) 5 A hole in golf with a bent fairway (6) 9 A zero score in the US (5-3) 10 Bargain contentiously (6) 12 A lump of gold (6) 13 Hand-held telescope (8) 15 One of The Goodies (6,6) 18 Singer of I Will Survive (6,6) 23 Ate, consumed (8) 24 British actor and politician, ______ Jackson (6) 26 Musical instrument (6) 27 Sniggering, laughing surreptitiously (8) 28 Irritate, worry (6) 29 Cause pain, injure (8)

DOWN 1 Fable, household name (6) 2 Punch-drunk, unsteady (6) 3 Drink with a higher alcohol content than the norm (3,4) 4 Wildly enthusiastic, senile (4) 6 Earache to ail goat, oddly? (7) 7 Those falling behind everyone else (8) 8 Conjecturing, speculating (8) 11 Unusual pet x-ray? A kiwi bird! (7) 14 Horses to kiddies and punters (3-4) 16 Inciting, cajoling (6,2) 17 Looking wide-eyed, protruding (8) 19 Set up, put in (7) 20 Helpful sort, a Good Samaritan (7) 21 Car part (6) 22 A flock of geese (6) 25 She starred in TV’s The Avengers in the 1960s (4)