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Five copies of the best-selling Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way to be won!

Senior Times, in associaiton with the O’Brien Press, are offering five copies of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way in this issue’s crossword competition. Take a stunning photographic journey down Ireland’s Atlantic coast from Donegal in the north to Cork in the south. This beautiful new book showcases the west coast in all its wild beauty: dramatic views, abundant nature and wildlife, lighthouses, harbours and quaint seaside villages, as well as heritage, history and people. The Wild Atlantic Way is a fully signposted route along the west coast of Ireland that brings visitors to some of Ireland’s most spectacular scenery. This stunning new book, from Clare-based photographer Carsten Krieger, contains over 200 wonderful photographs capturing Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way in all its rugged glory.

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Crossword Crossword Number 107 by Zoë Devlin

ACROSS 1 Foolhardy, bold or rash (8) 5 Mama ___, member of the Mamas & the Papas (4) 8 Midland county for a lay-off? (6) 11 Jeers, mocks, shows derision (6) 17 365 islands here in Co Mayo, they say! (4,3) 18 US university & cathedral in 37 Down (5,4) 19 Is there a nicer aloe in this Co Derry town? (9) 20 Company emblem or device (4) 21 Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey (6) 22 Instructions, precepts or doctrines (9) 23 Diagrams of parts of earth’s surface (4) 25 Make worse or less effective (6) 27 For instance, one living in Geneva (5) 29 Town in Alabama, centre of protests in 1965 (5) 30 Child of one’s spouse by former partner (7) 32 Fishing port at mouth of Co Cork’s river Bandon (7) 34 Chop or split wood (3) 35 Awakening .. stimulation .. incitation (7) 37 Male member of a royal family (6) 40 Calamities or plays such as ‘Hamlet’ (9) 42 Behave .. such as performers in ‘Hamlet’ (3) 43 Racehorse .. stolen & never recovered (7) 45 Italian lake or guardian of the peace (5) 46 Climb or measure (5) 47 Are lenders of this delicate build? (7) 48 George Eliot’s weaver ‘___ Marner’ (5) 50 People of one country on Iberian peninsula (7) 52 Bragged (7) 54 Lead singer of the Pogues, ___ MacGowan (5) 57 Brief periods of rain (7) 60 Smallest components .. of moats? (5) 62 Rushed or hastened as did 43 Across (5) 64 Dry red wines from Bordeaux (7) 66 Be ill or unwell (3) 67 Be persistent .. hang on (9) 68 Seamus ___ ’95 Nobel prizewinner (6) 69 Absent .. lacking (7) 71 Primate who might copy? (3) 72 Jumper .. but not over hurdles (7) 75 Expert users of bows and arrows (7) 78 Divide 50/50 (5) 79 Pieces of furniture with writing surface (5) 81 Doctrine believed to be of importance (6) 83 Island - Napoleon’s first exile (4) 84 You can hear a crane moan here in the west? (9) 86 Public speaker found in a laboratory? (6) 87 Present or acquisition (4) 90 Can you order oats for these bullfighters? (9) 91 US state or playwright ___ Williams? (9) 92 Windy City in Illinois (7) 93 One who writes books (6) 94 Island republic in eastern Mediterranean (6) 95 Short musical composition with words (4) 96 Can men roost at RTE’s HQ in Dublin? (8) DOWN 1 Can a caller remember? (6) 2 A spiritual leader of Christian church (9) 3 Returns of tennis balls in high arcs (4) 4 3rd wife of Henry VII, Jane ___ (7) 6 One of the Liffey’s quays in Dublin (5) 7 Detectives or investigators (7) 8 44th US president, Barack ___ (5) 9 Estates held for life (9) 10 Former Irish politician, ___ Creighton (7) 12 Bottle stopper found in Munster? (4) 13 ‘___ child is loving and giving’ (6’1) 14 Felt hats of the wild west (8) 15 Spiritual beings such as Gabriel (6) 16 Shuts (6) 24 Chinese city, also known as Beijing (6) 26 Astonishment .. stupefaction (9) 28 Island republic - capital Reykjavik (7) 29 Marriage partners (7) 31 Sports equipment for gliding on ice (6) 33 Prepares for publication (5) 34 Responses or replies (7) 35 Performer such as Pierce Brosnan (5) 36 Carry with difficulty (3) 37 Go in pairs to this French capital (5) 38 Flesh-eating mammal needing rain cover? (9) 39 Hard currency for singer Johnny ___? (4) 41 Overwhelming slide of snow (9) 44 Elongated fish .. found in high heels? (3) 49 Can an eel step up to this tall, pointed tower? (7) 51 Consciousness or cognisance (9) 52 Town in 8 Across or Ethiopian currency (4) 53 Disintegrate .. decompose (5) 55 Feeling of wonder or admiration (3) 56 4th president of Ireland, ___ Childers (7) 57 Informal, vulgar language (5) 58 US city of jazz, New ___ (7) 59 Dresses worn by Hindu women (5) 61 Fortified, dry, sweet wine of Jerez (6) 63 Defoe, Day-Lewis, O’Donnell or O’Connell? (6) 65 Point at a target (3) 70 Tweetie Pie’s enemy .. the cat (9) 73 Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta - a make do hit? (3,6) 74 Off SW coast, ___ Island, with a naval tie? (8) 76 Late night spot with entertainment, food & drink (7) 77 Public or private ___, its part of society (6) 78 Quality of being incorruptible and straight (7) 79 Dealers in fabrics and clothing (7) 80 Agitated .. disturbed .. jolted (6) 81 US comedian, one of four brothers (7) 82 12th c. Archbishop, St Laurence ___ (1’5) 85 Sisters of your father or mother (5) 86 ___ Welles, US actor/director of ‘Citizen Kane’ (5) 88 Egg yolks, oil & vinegar or western county? (4) 89 Prescribed selection of foods (4)