CROSSWORD 9309 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

8. Saint for Lavey Upper and Lower (6)

9 . Declare formally (8)

10 . Ballyconnell lake returns nood. (4)

11 . Protective covers for organs of sight (10)

12 . Small hound (6)

14 . Michael Jackson dance at Lough an Leagh (4,4)

15 . Is Art's statement used to make a location in Cavan town (2,7,6)

18 . Equine passenger vehicle (8)

20 . Border river at Mullagh (6)

22 . Primary education facility in Currin (2,6,2)

24 . Quick run around Cavan Town on St. Stephen's Day (4)

25 . Former Irish high school in Glangevlin (8)

26 . Prepared for publication (6)

Down

1 . Initial opposition for Cavan in this year's Ulster SFC (6)

2 . Nips returned a short drive in a car (4)

3 . Alternative name for Farnham Street (8)

4 . Church recess in Glan Gap secure (4)

5 . Tuber used to make boxty (6)

6 . Underage Gaels from Munterconnaught and Maghera (10)

7 . Let’s omit changed period on a schedule (4,4)

13. Killeshandra Lake is not the place to throw stones (10)

14 . Landed estate house behind Lakeside outside Virginia (5)

16 . Animal feet for Arva walking group (8)

17 . Embellished with a raised pattern to make some beds (8)

19 . Redeemable voucher (6)

21 . Another name for Slieve Russell (6)

23 . Also, Leggykelly hides single fish (4)

24 . Dundalk Institute of Technology curtailed (4)

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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