CROSSWORD 9395 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 . Celestial body discovered in Dernaferst area (4)

9 . Malting grain before elevated land for a forest at Kingscourt (6,4)

10 . Show place last week (8)

11 . Salad leaves for a light brown horse (6)

12 . Gets rid of outbuildings (5)

13 . Mark for life (4)

15 . Clumsy louts to rearrange sofa (4)

18 . Dartrey and Rockcorry celebration of traditional practices last Friday to Sunday (8,7)

20 Répondez s'il vous plaît (4)

21 . Short laboratories (4)

22 . Backhander to induce with money (5)

25 . GAA club in Scotshouse (6)

27 . Tulaigh Bhinn as Béarla (8)

28 . Victorian Premier from Monaghan (5,5)

29 . Excavates informal lodgings (4)

Down

1 . Church in Clifferna and Cootehill (2,8)

2 . Saint for the church in Killygarry (6)

3 . Dark black colour when bogeymen lose gem (5)

4 . St Patrick's GAA town (4)

5 . Sráid Nua translated in Virginia and Castleblayney (3,6)

6 . East Cavan village uncovered in Killesher cockfight (8)

7 . Blackthorn fruit sounds like it is not fast (4)

14. Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board curtailed (5)

16 . River crossing aka Annaghmullin (4,6)

17 . Monaghan village making O'Neill bad (9)

19 . Pier Liam constructed for hostelry in Cavan Town (8)

23 . Capital of Saudi Arabia (6)

24 . Performs music for theatrical dramas (5)

26 . Great Salt Lake state (4)

27 . Spat petty quarrel (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.