CROSSWORD No 1271

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, February 24, at Prize Crossword No 1271, Irish Mail on Sunday, Two Haddington Buildings, 20-38 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 HE94, enclosing your name and address. The winner of Crossword No 1270 is: Nuala Rice, Fermoy. Co. Cork. Please prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 Detectives, sleuths (11) 10 Long-distance athletic event (9) 11 Mild Dutch cheese (5) 12 Short and thick facial feature (3,4)

13 A spacecraft’s return to earth’s atmosphere (2-5) 14 Race leader (10)

16 Grain husks sifted from the flour (4)

18 Bird castle? (4)

19 Scottish mountain range (10) 24 Scram, beat it! (7)

25 Bitter orange peel liqueur (7) 27 African and Asian ungulate (5) 28 Goods for sale? (5,4)

29 Oral features (6,5)

DOWN

2 Deceit, duplicity (5) 3 Shed, lean-to (8)

4 Most sacred (7)

5 Worry, frighten (7) 6 Unflagging, relentless (6) 7 Increase the level of, come forward (4,2)

8 An indistinct speaker (8) 9 A deep gorge (6) 15 Chinese fried noodle dish (4,4) 17 Cause pain or distress (8) 18 More than one football team (6)

20 Old cinema had pile, oddly! (7)

21 Accept, get (7)

22 Clothing item, spirits & supporting films (6) 23 Roman goddess of fruits (6) 26 Pertaining to very minor celebrities (1-4)