CROSSWORD No 1104

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, 13 December, at Prize Crossword No 1104, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1103 is: Brendan Snedker, Raheny, Dublin 5.

ACROSS

1 Hooded monk’s habits (5) 4 Long robe worn by the clergy (7) 9 It’s worn to indicate a clergyman (3,6) 10 Subject, keynote (5) 11 Part of the throat (6) 12 In an extremely happy manner (8) 13 Confident, protected (6) 15 Cool drink enhancers (3,5) 18 Clergypeople generally (3,5) 19 Requiem, dirge (6) 21 Shook the hips, vibrated (8) 23 Muslim garments (6) 26 Lowest degree, smallest amount (5) 27 Russian stringed instrument (9) 28 Arab chiefs have the jitters, we hear! (7) 29 Ecclesiastical vestment, ladies’ gown & pinched (5)

DOWN

1 Hugs, embraces (7) 2 Flutter, bet (5) 3 Rotter, cad (9) 4 Callow youth, revolver & horse (4) 5 A white linen vestment (8) 6 An eight-piece band (5) 7 Capable of being worked by hand? (9) 8 Green stones (6) 14 Religious garb generally (9) 16 Such sable transformed into Mass vestments? (9) 17 A small antelope betokens badly! (8) 18 Scrap, fight (6) 20 Having made a will (7) 22 Bishop’s headgear (5) 24 South American capital city (5) 25 Long white sleeved vestments (4)