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Aug/Sept 2011 www.esb.ie/em

CROSSWORD: Win shopping vouchers worth €200 and €100 with our crossword competition

Crossword 1

€100 to be won!

Across

1. Duplicate piece of paperwork. (6,4)

6. Block, thick chunk. (4)

10. Hygienic bathroom fitting. (5)

11. Helper. (9)

12. Hobby. (7)

15. Solid fuel cooker. (5)

17. Very short skirt. (4)

18. Jumps on one foot. (4)

19. Flower. (5)

21. Musical piece. (7)

23. Unit of length. (5)

24. Touch, sense. (4)

25. Tack. (4)

26. Scope. (5)

28. Show, present to view. (7)

33. Unwelcome, interfering. (9)

34. Dialect. (5)

35. Oak, for example. (4)

36. Resolute. (10)

Down

1. Taxis. (4)

2. It’s rolled out for V.I.P’s. (3,6)

3. Group of eight. (5)

4. Allege. (5)

5. Sit for an artist. (4)

7. Take lessons. (5)

8. Dairy product. (10)

9. Put down to. (7)

13. One twelfth of a foot. (4)

14. Green gemstone. (7)

16. Hitch-hike. (5,1,4)

20. Surgical procedure. (9)

21. Fabulous creature, half man, half horse. (7)

22. Fewer. (4)

27. Go for a swim. (5)

29. Girl’s name. (5)

30. This shape can show the colours of the rainbow. (5)

31. Silent performance. (4)

32. In amongst. (4)

Crossword 2

€200 to be won!

Entries for the crossword competitions to be received by August 31st marked ‘Crossword Competitions’, EM, ESB Corporate Communications, 27 Lr. Fitzwilliam St., Dublin 2.

Across

1. Uneven. (3)

3. Crowd movement, sometimes seen at sports matches. (7,4)

8. Accompany. (6)

9. Poetically rustic. (8)

10. Romulus and Remus, for example. (5)

11. it’s worn around the neck or head. (5)

13. Fling. (5)

15. Source of water - for firefighters, perhaps. (7)

16. Light woollen textile. (7)

20. Joyful. (5)

21. Depart. (5)

23. Ecstasy. (5)

24. On which we put candles on a cake. (8)

25. Limited. (6)

26. Get worse. (11)

27. Asian beast of burden. (3)

Down

1. Past one’s best. (4,3,4)

2. Turned down. (8)

3. Customs. (5)

4. Beg. (7)

5. Paper money. (5)

6. Out of the country. (6)

7. Old unit of measure. (3)

12. Expensive cut of beef. (6,5)

13. Freshwater fish. (5)

14. Shortened form of the name William. (5)

17. The aristocracy. (8)

18. Sprinkler. (7)

19. Tropical pet bird. (6)

22. Gas. (5)

23. Shade of brown. (5)

24. Cot. (3)

Interesting facts you might not have known!

Dish clothes can be purged of 99% of their bacteria during 2 minutes in the microwave.

On average an adult uses their maths skills 14 times daily and their literacy skills 23 times.

Deep-voiced men have more children.

Bees can detect some explosives.

Adding milk to tea negates the health giving effects of a hot brew.

Source: bbc.co.uk

Crossword 1
June/July 2011 solution

ACROSS 1. Carrier bag 6. Star 10. Chips 11. Waterfall 12. Offends 15. Mason 17. Loam 18. Acre 19. Annul 21. Spanner 23. Piece 24. Aces 25. Cube 26. Roger 28. Raucous 33. Bath chair 34. Nanny 35. Task 36. Trunk calls

DOWN 1. Cock 2. Reinforce 3. Issue 4. Rowed 5. Ants 7. Trams 8. Relentless 9. Grammar 13. Neap 14. Slander 16. Vampire bat 20. Nocturnal 21. Secrecy 22. Ecru 27. Gates 29. Apron 30. Cynic 31. Fair 32. Eyes

Crossword 2
June/July 2011 solution

ACROSS 1. Ivory tower 6. Post 10. Acted 11. Companion 12. Sullied 15. Allah 17. Idol 18. Lobs 19. Lobes 21. Rectory 23. Curve 24. Coil 25. Lear 26. Wedge 28. Blanket 33. Toadstool 34. Neath 35. Rand 36. Watertight

DOWN 1. Ivan 2. Outnumber 3. Yodel 4. On cue 5. Emma 7. Oriel 8. Tin whistle 9. Fatally 13. Idle 14. Disturb 16. Blackwater 20. Boomerang 21. Release 22. Rhea 27. Drawn 29. Lille 30. Nonet 31. Soda 32. Chit

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EM Competition Winners – for June/July 11

EM COMPETITION 1
Caroline McCoy
(Winner receives an 3 night stay for two at the Mill Times Hotel in Westport)

EM COMPETITION 2
Irene Shelley
(Winner receives a copy of Sustenance by Elizabeth Wassell)

EM COMPETITION 3
Kevin Grace
(Winner receives a family weekend for 4 at the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel in Killiney)

EM COMPETITION 4
Ide Monahan
Kathleen Walsh
Noel O’Connell
Jennifer Pluck
(Each of the four winners receives a Vichy goodie bag worth €80)

EM COMPETITION 5
Caitriona Kinsman
Bevin Cody
James Mcardle
(Each of the 3 winners receive a La Roche-Posay goodie bag worth €100)

EM COMPETITION 6
Nicola Scott
(Winner receives a copy of Down These Green Streets)

EM COMPETITION 7
Séamus McCoubrey
Seán Brophy
(Winners received a pair of tickets to NCH concert by pianist Ivan Ilic)

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