£50 CROSSWORD

Solve the crossword in the normal way and the shaded squares, when read in order, will reveal the solution. Work out what it is and call our entry line below by midnight Saturday, November 27. One winner will be picked at random from all correct entries sent in by the closing date and will receive £50, or for Irish entries, the equivalent in Euros.

ACROSS

3 Thick woollen cloth (5)

9 Communication with

God (6)

10 School absentee (6)

11 Female relative (5)

12 Breed of horse (4)

15 Deal with (6)

17 Huntsman’s cry (5-2)

19 Informal word for

yes (3)

20 Follow, happen

after (5)

22 Sales booth (5)

24 Group of lions (5)

25 Hairdresser’s shop (5)

27 Excess flesh on the

body (3)

29 Creche (7)

32 Every time (6)

34 Otherwise (4)

35 A slang word for

money (5)

37 Plain-spoken (6)

38 Religious festival (6)

39 Pub game (5)

DOWN

1 Wet slapping sound (5)

2 Of the nose (5)

3 Number (3)

4 Squirm (6)

5 Engrave (4)

6 Invent by

imagination (5,2)

7 Beau (5)

8 Precipitous (5)

13 Fundamental (7)

14 Serene joy (5)

16 People who rule,

guide, etc. (7)

18 Edible bulb of pungent

flavour (5)

21 Delete (5)

23 Type of

grasshopper (7)

26 Lump of gold (6)

27 Ornamented,

decorative (5)

28 Strong string (5)

30 Make happy,

exhilarate (5)

31 Feel longing, desire (5)

33 Fizzy water (4)

36 Possesses (3)