IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. Launch Yoga reform in Tyrone angling centre for the Blackwater near Ballygawley.
(10)
7. Old English sovereign territory centred on Dublin within which they served
soft beer? (4)
10. North East territory leaders make a catch. (3)
11. "If there is a --- or a goose, 'tis surely on the priest's table
they will be." Irish Proverb (3)
12. Powers of distinguishing between right and wrong seen when 20 down gets
confused. (6)
14. It's never wet coming back through Castlemartyr daily. (3)
15. I roam back to meet the New Zealander. (5)
16. Sip up to meet the Greek character. (3)
18. It's very warm in Armagh otherwise. (3)
19. Strokes for letters in Omagh reform. (5)
21. Many enquire for the brown trout Lough between Galway and Mayo, 10 miles
by 4 miles. (4)
22. Make a start in the Mayo peninsula. (4)
24. Alf ran third up in Down village on a hill where Henry Boyd, translator
of Dante, was the Vicar. (11)
26. Rush back to the wild ruminant. (4)
28. Stand by this and do nothing when the top is broken at first. (4)
30. This machine part will spin in either direction. (5)
31. The way 11 across will justify its existence..... (3)
32. ....and do it oddly for a wager. (3)
33. Put 49 up and had a smoke. (5)
34. "The good that is, is better than --- goods that were." Irish
Proverb. (3)
38. Gum Ann chewed in 2 down. (6)
39. A function in trouble? (3)
40. "Every mother thinks it is on her own --- the sun rises."
Irish Proverb. (3)
41. Hidden in the undergrowth is the lonely Donegal Lough of St. Patrick's
Purgatory. (4)
42. Dr. lets cage be dismantled in Tyrone woollen town near Newtownstewart.
(10)
DOWN
1. Involved in the oath you made is the Kildare town with a famous White
Castle on the Barrow. (4)
2. Gets gran up to meet 38 across, the crook. (8)
3. Little feeling in the digit to start with. (4)
4. Doctor comes up after the accountant to become one of the pack. (4)
5. "There is ---- one religion, though there are a hundred versions
of it." Shaw (4)
6. "The only Orangeman to say --- is the man from Delmonte" Graffito
in Belfast 1994. (3)
8. Goat's wool fabric raises a groan. (6)
9. County town of Clare joins the Kingdom in Wicklow village near Powerscourt
and the Dargle Glen. (10)
13. A sworn truth is upheld in Wexford fishing village in Waterford Harbour
near Ballyhack Castle. (11)
16. Put into pawn for Dad? (3)
17. "treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist
man and the ------ woman." Shaw (6)
18. Oh, silly, Dan, to get a rise out of site in Clare's Lough Derg where
the remains of 5 churches are. (4,6)
20. Mr. also grinds the gnashers. (6)
21. "One man that has a ---- and knows it can always beat ten men who
haven't and don't." Shaw (4)
23. "My only qualification for being put in charge of the --- is that
I am very much at sea." Edward Carson. (4)
25. Give responsibility to a subordinate in order to get late edge. (8)
27. Ate up to consume again, presently. (3)
29. Missive to the landlord which Kenny follows to Donegal? (6)
34. Aunt comes over for the fish. (4)
35. Leave out inclusion in Macroom item. (4)
36. On that single occasion it was on Church of England leaders. (4)
37. "Land of Heart's desire, Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,
But joy is wisdom, Time an endless ----." Yeats (4)
38. He's in overall charge of the military shortly in Sligo, certainly.
(1.1.1.)
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