WIN €100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY

CROSSWORD No 1300

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 15 at Prize Crossword No 1300, 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 1299 is: Eileen Brosnan Dublin 6W. Please note that prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 Shoot out quickly from (8) 5 Formal headgear (3,3)

10 Glib taboo changing musical term? (9)

11 Middle Eastern hub (5) 12 Lustful Greek woodland god (5) 13 Porridge, bustle (9) 14 Sporadic, random (10)

17 A parasite, we hear? Leave quickly! (4)

19 Obligation, liability (4) 20 New chipper renovated with plumber’s tool? (4-6)

22 Disconcerting, scary (9) 24 Of the face, very pale (5) 26 Fairbanks, Delon and Banderas have all played this swordfighter (5)

27 National treasury (9)

28 King of England in 1300, the

First (6)

29 Bruised, crushed (8)

DOWN

1 Popular pastime (!) (9,6) 2 Mountainous Asian region (5) 3 Convent head (8)

4 Much, a lot (5)

6 A traumatic experience (6) 7 Frightful supernatural creature (9)

8+25 Down. 1 p.m. (8,7,5)

9 Pope in 1300, the Eighth (8) 15 Flight attendants (5,4) 16 Became rusty (8) 18 Decoration, bauble (8)

21 A bower of trees (6) 23 Thick-bodied lizard (5) 25 See 8 Down.