LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1297:

ACROSS: 1 Clogherhead 10 Strongarm 11 Louth 12 Handset 13 Dundalk 14 Andrea Corr 16 Pier 18 Crop 19 Sticking to 24 Vehicle 25 Unclose 27 Ardee 28 Mellifont 29 Carlingford

DOWN: 2 Loren 3 Gangster 4 Elastic 5 Humidor 6 Ailing 7 Asthma 8 Mutating 9 Choker 15 Drogheda 17 Mischief 18 Caviar 20 Thermal 21 Courlan 22 Omeath 23 Eczema 26 Odour