CROSSWORD 9277 BY ARAHODEN

Check out our bumper crossword by our mystery compiler Arahoden. As usual, you can expect some Cavan twists. Print it out, complete it and enter our competition to win lunch for two in the Cavan Crystal Hotel, not to mention a coveted Anglo-Celt pen (details below).

Across

1 . Junction for Lacken GAA (9,5)

10 . Tend Dom to produce something unusual (7)

11 . Weaving willow twig I rose to change (5)

12 . Religious chant relating to medieval Pope (9)

13 . Attempted to start Turbet, Ramor, Inny, Erne and Drumore (5)

14 . Old horses bothers persistently (4)

15 . Art chain uncoupled for West Cavan ED (8)

18 . Suave and refined to rearrange O'Brien ad (8)

20 . Rats returned to the old ballroom in Ballyconnell (4)

23 . Coarse fish found in Corlisbratten channel (5)

25 . Provides surety for financial risk (9)

26 . Provide with the necessary wherewithal (5)

27 . Put your arms around fondly (7)

28 . Holy well in Dún a Rí (5,2,7)

Down

2 . Cavan town estate maybe a hospital in Waterford (7)

3 . Church musical instrument (4,5)

4 . Decimal unit of measurement (6)

5 . Minor act changed for an amorous idealist (8)

6 . Influence a blow with the fist (5)

7 . Former Archbishop of Armagh (7)

8 . Laragh village thoroughfare in BJD (8,6)

9 . Leinster county thoroughfare in Arva (8,6)

16. West Cavan composer of An Bonnán Buí (6,3)

17 . US Dominion State on Lough Ramor (8)

19 . Battle for Eoghan Roe O'Neill in 1646 (7)

21 . Teach new skills to renovate terrain (7)

22 . Reconcile facial cosmetics (4-2)

24 . Over excited in Beaghy permanently (5)

To enter: Print out the crossword, complete it and post your entry to The Anglo-Celt, Crossword Competition, Kilmore Business Park, Dublin Road, Cavan, to be in with a chance of winning one of our coveted Anglo-Celt pens and for the glory, of course.

There's also a two-course lunch for the Atrium Bar in the Cavan Crystal Hotel up for grabs!

Please remember to put the volume number of your entry on the outside of your submission.

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