CROSSWORD 9311 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. South Australian capital row in Bailieborough (8)

5. House for a car park on Farnham Street (6)

9. Pet's rest upset at the church in Templeport (2,6)

10. Artillery piece sounds like clerical law (6)

11. Norwegian poet and playwright (5)

12. Naked Earl upset for fishing near Milltown (5,4)

14. Italian city precedes a river crossing near Lough Sheelin (5,6)

18. Pitch for Ballyhaise (7,4)

21. Place of detention to become visitor centre in Bailieborough (9)

23. Crubany alarmed to hide an African antelope (5)

24. Line is broken for extended stays in bed (3-3)

25. Time measured cut-off point (3,5)

26. Killynebber randomly hides a small task (6)

27. Complex pattern Roy mends differently (8)

1. Liam was a previous Bainisteoir from the Mournes (6)

2. Display publicly (6)

3. Before birth (9)

4. Underage West Cavan Gaels (11)

6. Long for Sim to leave seminary (5)

7. Ale holders scatter dark ants (8)

8. Ten minus one watched a bridge in Munterconnaught (4-4)

13. Author of Cavan's Football Story (3,8)

15. Restarted conflagration (9)

16. Gable oil dispersed over a Lough near Bailieborough (8)

17. Civil or structural expert (8)

19. Become more interested in (4,2)

20. Royal residence before Saunderson (6)

22. Saint for church in Kingscourt (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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