CROSSWORD 9297 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. Village behind tower in Cavan Town (6)

4. Cut boxer doctored in Bailieborough centre (8)

9. Miss Alcott hides prayerbook (6)

10. Crowding together like bees (8)

12. Sounds like Irish white lake in Killeshandra (5,4)

13. Round up these suspects (5)

14. Park off the Ballinagh Road in Cavan (12)

18. Raised ground for old church and graveyard near Cootehill (8,4)

21. Gas layer in the stratosphere (5)

22. Can hangar be changed into a suite in the Slieve Russell (9)

24. School subjects BAs sully everywhere (8)

25. Concurs (6)

26. Hereditary sovereigns charm son differently (8)

27. Ardlougher Lough ten leave contently (6)

Down

1. Thom lain another way at old Killeshandra castle (8)

2. Powerful Lucas rum distilled (8)

3. Aughadreena ghost hides a house near Virginia (5)

5. Wand Caroline adapted for park in Mullagh (5,7)

6. Gun corral rearranged a Cavan Business Park (9)

7. Unequalled one of a kind (6)

8. Get log broken for hinged switch (6)

11. Completes a parish with Drumlumman South (12)

15. Equine market held in Muff (5,4)

16. XVIII voting age (8)

17. Noels coy around closed Belturbet resting place (8)

19. Australian marsupial pretends to be dead (6)

20. Group water scheme for Blacklion (6)

23. Spiritual messenger (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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