CROSSWORD No 1303

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, October 6, at Prize Crossword No 1303, 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 1302 is: Áine Dillon, New Ross, Co. Wexford. Please note that prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 Stake, contribution (10) 6 Stash, deposit (4) 9 Extreme fan (5) 10 Professional visit (5,4) 12 Prefaces, formal presentations (13) 14 Almost, nearly (4-4) 15 Legal practitioner (6) 17 Flit, do a bunk (6) 19 Pertaining to old architecture (8)

21 A trying initial experience (7,2,4)

24 Turn out, happen (9) 25 Excited, eager (5) 26 Partial darkness (4)

27 College freshmen (5-5)

DOWN

1 Promissory notes (4) 2 Rancour, bad feeling (7) 3 Beginning, origin (8-5) 4 Chinese table game (3-5) 5 Tiny Pacific nation (5) 7 Domestic warmer could be coat, yes? (3-4)

8 Bountiful source, fountain (10)

11 Rare, unusual (13) 13 An animal’s pancreas as food (10) 16 Generous, altruistic (8) 18 Coniferous tree’s situated in the Mediterranean, we hear! (7)

20 Lethargy, torpor (7)

22 US city (5)

23 Those in favour (4)