Across
- 4. Good to hear the patron saint is healthy. 5,8,4
- 5. The hardware fencing material for bad weather, according to Eddie McNulty. 6,4
- 6. An appropriate venue for a Rory Gallagher gig. 3,4,4
- 7. Whatever ailment sent Frank the grocer's ma to her reward, it wasn't this. 11
- 8. This champ took a bashing and sounds a bit black and blue. Tasty, though! 6
- 10. Jimmy followed the sugar line and it sounds like he found his fill of sweetness. 3,6
- 11. Was she a ringer for Dame Edna's sidekick? 5
- 16. She blew it in 1961. 6
- 19. According to Granny, this maritime gentleman came from over the sea. 8,4
- 21. Round the ring by another route. 3,4,4
- 22. If you don't have this on you, you're lacking in enthusiasm. 4
- 23. These neighbours sound very decorative. 3,8
- 24. Give Teresa a steer, re-seat her for the teaser and have a happy one. 6
- 25. Sounds like a modern-day computer term, but for us it was simply a bonus. 4
- 28. Mrs Joe's thermometer. 4,4
- 30. Not exactly a month of Sundays, but choose days that are holy, and have one over the eight. 4,8
Down
- 1. The rhyme has it that he went to London with the parents. 5,4
- 2. The unkind moniker of this follically challenged female. 3,5,5
- 3. Mary Anne's breakfast fare left her feeling like a very tired Cockney.
- 9. Mary and Maggie risked these with their flasks. 7,7
- 12. That's not left and it's tidy! 5,5
- 13. The Payne's Poppets people. 5,3,6
- 14. Not feeling the best? Lethargic ennui, perhaps? 8
- 15. In bygone days, people regularly made a show of themselves here. 5
- 17. Did Gran Melly make soup for a guilty lawman? 12
- 18. The Saturday night job for the Sunday dinner - the bachelors will have a warm fart so! 5,3,4
- 20. Twelve old pennies for the workhorse. 3
- 26. She took to petty crime in later years. 6,5
- 27. A little bit extra to smooth the spending, although it sounds like the opposite. 1,3,9
- 29. If Paddy Kerrigan had plural wives, he'd have plenty. 6