WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 1203

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, 5 November, at Prize Crossword No 1203, Irish Mail on Sunday, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1202 is: Tara Ennis, Prosperus, Co. Kildare. Please note that due to the Covid-19 crisis, prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 Small Eastern dogs (5) 4 Saint associated with Cork & the Aran Islands, feast 11 Feb (7) 9 Old publicans (9)

10 General ornamentation (5) 11 Natural, congenital (6) 12 Ceaseless, perpetual (8) 13 Middle-Eastern country (6) 15 Stocked, gave (8) 18 Adhering, embracing (8) 19 Socialize, keep company (6) 21 A small hole (8) 23 Acclimatize, regulate (6) 26 Place of residence (5) 27 Added jottings to, wrote in the margins (9)

28 A patron saint of gardeners, feast 30 Aug (7) 29 Sixth century saint born in

Kilrush, Co. Clare (5)

DOWN

1 Stop a trickster taking in saint? (7) 2 Saint associated with Glendalough, feast 3 Jun (5) 3 A dead cert? OK! (4,5) 4 Mirth, jollity (4)

5 A largish measure of liquid? (8) 6 Saint associated with Lindisfarne, feast 31 Aug (5) 7 One skilled in adroit manoeuvres (9) 8 Saint associated with Kildare, feast 1 Feb (6) 14 Totals a car (6,3)

16 Male glands (9)

17 Muscle in, trespass (8)

18 Saint associated with Clonmacnoise, feast 9 Sep (6) 20 Maritime saint, feast 16 May (7) 22 The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (5)

24 Monastic saint, feast 2 May (5) 25 Saint converted by dean? (4)