CROSSWORD No 1298

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, September 1 at Prize Crossword No 1298, 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 1297 is: Kathleen Dawson, of Co. Tipperary. Please note that prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 Knife and singer (5)

4 Migratory bird (7)

9 Exhausted, high (6,3)

10 Go away! Get lost! (3,2)

11+25 Down. Go along with you! Get lost! (2,4,4)

12 Artillery, big guns (8)

13 Accomplish, realise (6)

15 See 24 Down.

18 Induces, causes to advance (6,2)

19 Michael Jackson hit? Get away! (4,2)

21 Standard TV programme (8)

23 The end of the day (6)

26 One taking minutes, an observer (5)

27 A branch of film-making (9)

28 Go away! Get lost! (7)

29 Borders, rims (5)

DOWN

1 Go away! Get lost! (4,3)

2 Cowardly, afraid (5)

3 Killing, carrying out (9)

4 Go away! Scat! (4)

5 Where to wait in a doctor’s surgery, say (8)

6 Actor Lindsay and bainisteoir Brian (5)

7 Exterminating, eliminating (6,3)

8 Smear, strip (6)

14 Vote limit becoming a recurring theme? (9)

16 Instruct afresh (2-7)

17 US state (8)

18 Off with you! Go away! (6)

20 Bacterial disease marked by spasms (7)

22 Scat! Go Away! (5)

24+15 Across. Get lost! Go away! (5,4,4)

25 See 11 Across.