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CROSSWORD No 1305

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, 20 October, at Prize Crossword No 1305, 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 1304 is: Celena Kelleher, Ballincolling, Co. Cork. Please note that prizes will only be issued electronically.

ACROSS

1 Common marsupial (8) 5 Swing, fluctuate (6) 9 Bores, bigmouths (8) 10 A long jagged chain of mountains (6) 12 Trainee gaining practical experience (6) 13 Elementary particle to ruin tone, oddly? (8) 15 A government minister, say (5-7) 19 Designated area for journalists (5,7) 22 Perplex, amaze (8) 24 Touchy, excitable (6) 26 Agitate, whip up (6) 27 Fibrous bodily tissue (8) 28 Any band of warriors (6) 29 Outbreak, spread (8)

DOWN

1 Middle-Eastern country (6) 2 A relatively large number (6) 3 Strongly-scented substance extracted from sperm whales (9) 4 Debauched revelry (4) 6 Statute, decree (5) 7 Honest, unmixed & square (8) 8 Armaments, guns (8) 11 Feminine sport (7) 14 Creepy, remarkable (7) 16 Someone employed to look after children (9) 17 Exact, unambiguous (8) 18 Minor marine goddess (3,5) 20 Reverence, veneration (6) 21 Holy man, guru (6) 23 Freeholder, proprietor (5) 25 Ineffectual person, drip (4)