CROSSWORD No 1282

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, April 12, at Prize Crossword No 1282, Irish Mail on Sunday, Two Haddington Buildings, 20-38 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 HE94, enclosing your name, address, phone number and email address. The winner of Crossword No 1281 is: Anne Marie Moran, Craughwell, Co. Galway. Please note that prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 School employee (4,7) 10 Served from the barrel (2,7) 11+18 Down. One avoiding conscription (5-6)

12 The point of the moon’s orbit closest to earth (7)

13+25 Across. Be acutely aware of a lack of finances (4,3,7) 14 US beast of burden (5,5) 16 Weed, deduct & wharf (4) 18 Pulled, sketched (4)

19 Bank facilities (10)

24 Rind-fat ruined? Introduce a replacement! (5,2) 25 See 13 Across. 27 Bequeath, make over (5) 28 Ferocious reptile (9) 29 One skilled in technical drawing (11)

DOWN

2 Type of duck (5)

3 Board game (8)

4 Spanish painter, 1541-1614 (2,5) 5 Truncated shorts (3-4) 6 Whirled, counterflowed (6) 7 Burst, uncorked (6)

8 Frees a boat from its moorings, rejects (5,3) 9 Run naked through a public place (6)

15 Australian city (8)

17 Fixes, puts in order (8)

18 See 11 Across.

20 Pacific island nation (7)

21 A personification of reindeer? (7)

22 Roman god of agriculture (6) 23 One putting stuff away in set row, oddly! (6)

26 Milky latex sourced from tropical trees (5)