CROSSWORD 9295 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. Can’t leave entrance for the river in Belturbet (4)

9. Park in Kilnaleck (2,8)

10. Person connected by kinship either side of Relaghbeg action (8)

11. “The ______ of Eden has vanished they say” French (6)

12. Expressed in speech radial wheel support (5)

13. Stalk reversed mets (4)

15. Annoys when he leaves hikers (4)

18. Incline between Cavan and Ballinagh (11,4)

20. Pierce with a knife to reverse bats (4)

21. Capable, engaged in, plotting (2,2)

22. Floor covering old records (5)

25. Once a year book (6)

27. Minister for Finance for a bay on Sheelin (8)

28. Group water scheme for Gowna (4,6)

29. Water vessel discovered in Drumbo attic (4)

Down

1. Oar ineptly changing location on Lough Sheelin (5,5)

2. Larked about a lake between Killeshandra and Milltown (6)

3. Short administration (5)

4. Naps reversed extend across (4)

5. Mound Ming built for house in Mountnugent and Ballyhugh (9)

6. Minor military engagement risks him differently (8)

7. Eye problem in Dernaferst yesterday (4)

14. Article of faith is the same either way (5)

16. Mullahoran Lough Lily marked strangely (10)

17. Kill referee (9)

19. Said to be ‘worthy of his hire’ (Luke) (8)

23. Take in liquids (6)

24. Trays upset woodland deity (5)

26. He fiddled while Rome burned (4)

27. Back of the leg for a young bovine (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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