CROSSWORD 9336 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 . Saint with a place in Cavan town (6)

4 . Age Naomi produced for the characteristic of a dictator (8)

9 . Earl of Tyrone (6)

10. Nun knows different unidentified variables (8)

12 . Tuber with a high temperature maybe a difficult situation to deal with (3,6)

13 . Kitchen cooker (5)

14 . Breffni cut glass (5,7)

18 . Rural melodic festival in Mullahoran this weekend (7,5)

21 . Our language (5)

22 . US city renowned for 18 across (9)

24 . Thoroughfare for Virginia college (4,4)

25 . Small garden bird (6)

26 . Sit astride harness for a workhorse (8)

27 . Irish Mogue (6)

Down

1 . Divine prediction (8)

2 . Optional surgery (8)

3. White house? (5)

5 . Junction between Redhills and Belturbet (7,5)

6 . Landed mansion before an agricultural holding in Shercock (5,4)

7 . Place to play Lavey (3,3)

8 . Respond to solution (6)

11. Field for the Irish in Ballyconnell (5,2,5)

15 . Scoil Náisiúnta Béal Átha Conaill (5,4)

16 . Cut off remote (8)

17 . Cecil etc producing varied and different (8)

19 . Bridge adjacent to 7 down (6)

20 . Informal timepiece tape for a NY parade (6)

23 . String quartet instrument (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.