BUMPER CROSSWORD 9256
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. Final resting place in Bunnoe (14)
8. Wood for cricket bat (6)
12. Royal domain when Dan leaves alderman (5)
13. Begin start off launch (8)
14. Castor & Pollux twins in the Stars (6)
16. Green liqueur distilled from the basin (8)
17. River crossing between Cootehill and Mountain Lodge (6,6)
18. United Irishman place in Cavan (5)
19. Hosting the County Fleadh in 2024 (12)
23. April curtailed Annual Percentage Rate (3)
24. Park for soccer in Cootehill (8)
27. Folklore monster discovered in Crannog reception area (4)
30. Liquor Carl distilled at a Lock on the Shannon-Erne waterway (10)
31. Tracked transport system precedes ban for Belturbet hostelry (7,3)
33. Single item left as Unionist drops Sion (4)
34. Donkey after donkey before in produces a hitman (8)
35. Tidy sum of money found in Swadlinbar (3)
38. Crowning hill for the O'Raghallaighs (12)
39. Tumbles behind Tullydermott water feature (5)
42. Memorial Park in Mullagh (5,7)
45. Face to face interview at 12.59 (3-2-3)
46. Traditional number of Christmas days (6)
47. Stair Pam broke for smoked beef (8)
49. I'll sounds like Church passage (5)
50. Leases changed stands for artists (6)
51. Follows Arthur for vestibule in Killeshandra (6,8)
Down
1. Park in Belturbet row in Ballinagh (6)
2. Suspicious knoll for JFK in Dallas (6)
3. All Ireland winning Bainisteoir from Gowna (6,6)
4. Four in a row Ulster trophy for Cavan U21s (5,4,3)
5. Teachers Union of Ireland (3)
6. Cootehill as Gaeilge (10)
7. Not now as he leaves leather (5)
9. Uachtar reoite as Béarla (3,5)
10. Scottish landowner found both sides of Laragh weird (5)
11. Intersection on the Meath border (9,5)
15. '_____, Joe and Me' (Dolly Parton) (5)
20. Canine's torso for menial worker (8)
21. Breffni integrated facility in Bailieborough (8,6)
22. Green space in Shercock for musical boys of Cork (8)
25. New York Island Arva family traders (5)
26. Burns black in Marble Arch arson (5)
28. Half of the Diocese for Ballymachugh and Mullahoran (12)
29. Preceded Kyte Powertech (7,5)
32. Short sharp knocks on the door (3-1-3-3)
36. 2023 dancing festival organised by Lavey GAA (8)
37. Slanderous defamation disrupted mares (5)
40. Miniature Japanese tree (6)
41. Translating Kilmore bishop (6)
43. Sharpens when Pip leaves whippets (5)
44. US city WW2 beach in Normandy (5)
48. Watchman loses match for plant bristles (3)
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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