CROSSWORD No 1185

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, July 2, at Prize Crossword No 1185, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1184 is: Anita Doran, Loughboy, Kilkenny.

ACROSS

1 Abdominal pains (5)

4 See 4 Down.

9 US state (9)

10 A woodland primula (5) 11 Performer, painter (6) 12 Secede, depart (8)

13 A sharp bend on a golf hole (6) 15 54 gallons of beer (8)

18 With guile, cannily (8)

19 Slow emotional song (6) 21 Legal action over dodgy cassette? (4,4)

23 Small stone (6)

26 Method, employment (5) 27 Carry on one’s shoulders, append (9)

28 Deemed, thought (7) 29 Covered chair carried on poles (5)

DOWN

1 Livestock worker (7) 2 Hungarian composer, 1811-86 (5) 3 Signs of facial ageing (5-4) 4+4 Across. Convenience food (4,7) 5 Golf club (4-4)

6 Geological age (5)

7 One converts sunlight into electric power (5,4) 8 Vomited, got sick (6)

14 Cirrus clouds left Rio aghast, possibly! (5-4)

16 In a game of dice, the score of two ones (5,4)

17 A place of seedy entertainment (5,3)

18 It can be used to make violin strings (6)

20 Soft leather (7)

22 Fawn, cringe (5)

24 Fix indelibly, trademark & stigmatize (5)

25 Old, mature (4)

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