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{crossword} By Darina Molloy
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An unwanted plant (4) Beware the Ides of _____ (5) See 41 down (10) (& 21 across) The ___ ___: inspiring library at Trinity College Dublin (4) A French night (4) (& 15 down) Boyband featuring Mullingar singer Niall Horan (3) To get clear or free of something objectionable (3) See 28 down (5) See 20 down (11) See 10 across (4) The advert for this Cadbury’s chocolate bar used to feature a cartoon bunny (7) (& 5 down) There is a statue of this Act of Union-opposing politician at College Green in Dublin (5) A short company (2) (& 11 down) Iconic astronaut who died in August (4) (& 38 down) She brought the house down by winning Irish gold at the Olympics (5) The Irish equivalent of high school (9) The word denoted in an email address by @ (2) Actor Martin _____ (5) ___ Maguire: This cup is awarded to the winners of the All-Ireland senior football final each year (3) See 18 down (7) __ said, she said (2) Pat Conroy book: South of _____ (5) See 40 down (2, 5) Sonny & _____ (4) Sneakers in Ireland (7) (& 30 down) This Bohola man was one of Ireland’s early Olympians, representing the U.S. in the early 1900s (6)
DOWN 2 Nickname for elevated rapid transit system, such as serves Chicago (2) 3 See 29 down (4)
4 Once known as Dublin’s Little Jerusalem (10) 5 See 24 across (7) 6 Minnesota, in short (1,1) 7 Once more (5) 8 Assassin movie starring Saoirse Ronan (5) 10 This Armstrong has been stripped of his Tour de France cycling titles (5) 11 See 26 across (9) 12 Voted Ireland’s favorite heritage site in a recent survey (9) 15 See 13 across (9) 17 ___ Capital: investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney (4) 18 (& 36 across) Mountainous place of pilgrimage in County Mayo (6) 20 (& 19 across) The Boss still rules the roost on the Dublin gig scene (5) 23 Reflection of sound (4) 27 The ____: Anne Enright novel that won the Booker prize in 2007 (9) 28 (& 16 across) Benedictine monastery in Connemara (8)
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29 (& 3 down) His ‘Spasticus Autisticus’ was one of the songs at the Paralympic Games’ Opening Ceremony (3) 30 See 45 across (8) 31 Rush or hurry (4) 32 What you would be wearing if you put on a sweater in, say, Galway (6) 35 Ancient Gaelic harvest festival held in October (7) 38 See 28 across (6) 40 (& 42 across) Recently won his second major golf championship (4) 41 The winner of this year’s Rose of Tralee is from this county but represented 9 across (4)
August / September Solution