IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. Chill sonic male. (anag.) The big fella, born Woodfield, Clonakilty,
West Cork, 1890-1922. (7,7)
8. Learn about Antrim port, the gateway to the Glens of Antrim. (5)
9. Tear cap in bits in sudden terror. (5)
11. "Only --- my dear, Could love you for yourself alone and not your
yellow hair." Yeats (3)
12. Take Dublin Area Rapid Transport return before queen goes south to the
businessmen. (7)
14. Back in Doonbeg riding, lament over ridge. (5)
16. School let Joan find out about leader of the inter-party Government
in 1948. (4,1,8)
19. Melt senior nut. (anag.) High point of the Blackstairs, straddling the
Carlow - Wexford border. (5,8)
21. Alter alter, but not now. (5)
23. Polishes again and fends off the friendly approach. (7)
25. A Roman Catholic curve. (3)
27. I leave Soviet in uproar and get signs of approval. (5)
29. Point out the piebald pony. (5)
30. Flash Noel's bond around and hear these at St. Anne's Church in Cork
City made famous by Father Prout. (5,2,7)
DOWN
1. Wall tomb mainly demolished in Clare town famous for its Summer School
in traditional music. (8,6)
2. An arc around Galway coastal resort near St. Mac Dara's Island. (5)
3. For the chop in tax equity. (3)
4. But is the agency either central or intelligent? (1.1.1)
5. It's clear that University College comes into the top. (5)
6. Scold repetitively in Dublin again. (3)
7. E.g. throw down set in bits in neat Longford village on the Dublin-Sligo
road with strong literary connections. (14)
9. A page's seats are overturned in Waterford Harbour village with a ferry
to Ballyhack in Wexford. (7,4)
10. Went onwards meandering to Down town at the entry to the Ards Peninsula.
(11)
13. The two of them do take you in apparently. (3)
15. Liner fit for a king?
16. Ma's sister comes after first of June for a pleasure trip. (5)
17. "He can't think without his ---" Becket - Waiting for Godot.
(3)
18. "As unlucky as the thirteenth bonham on a twelve --- sow."
Irish Proverb (3)
20. Large bird hidden in Sneem undergrowth. (3)
22. Prise up and make merry.(5)
24. Fad about an area of Donegal to the north of Portsalon between Mulroy
and Lough Swilly. (5)
26. Mr. Bianconi's legacy to the Irish nation that is seen after a century.
(1.1.1.)
28. Mischievous sprite seen in Cashel fairy tale. (3)
29. "It is a magnificent but painful hippopotamus resolved at any cost,
even at the cost of its dignity, upon picking up a --- which has got into
the corner of its den." H.G. Wells - Boon (3)
