CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
Here’s your chance to win a Collins Concise English Dictionary. Complete the crossword using either the cryptic or the quick clues and send it to us with your name and address. Send your solution to: Cryptic/Quick Crossword No. 466, The Irish Mail on Sunday, PO Box 5332, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2. Entries must be received by Thursday. The winner will be drawn from a hat. The winner of Cryptic/Quick Crossword No. 465 is David Murphy, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.
Across
1 Cowardly bird croak let out on the route to Oz (6,5,4) 9 It penetrates the low-key silence initially, such as might be seen in a foreign film (9) 10 Imagine this energy drink put about (5) 11 Abridge part of novel ideally (5) 12 Realistic argument overturned regarding Blake’s inconsistency (8) 14 Doyle made to cry in the Alps (5) 16 Food ripped off from disastrous children’s entertainer (4,5) 17 Artificial modern tan is something of an embellishment (9) 19 Go in a car to doctor I have supported (5) 21 Elevation in chorus obtained for a small amount of money (8) 23 Man, say, in attempt to take over gym (5) 25 Set to giving the writer shelter (5) 26 Be disparaging about grass taking time to accommodate hives (4,5) 27 Growth out of one’s leg joint to be spontaneous (5,4,3,3)
Down
1 Agreement rare, yet possible in the past (10) 2 Sought to influence one getting chucked about (7) 3 Love grape-bearing plant, just like a sheep (5) 4 Arm joint with the centre displaced is seen as inferior (5) 5 One rising up mostly to cover chap (9) 6 Absconded with a young goat and then rested (9) 7 Cover same ground regarding chum coming up (7) 8 Male accepted by female in part of St Paul’s Cathedral (4) 13 Friday finishes with fashionable camaraderie (10) 15 Unusually let no false statements in, being friendless in the extreme (9) 16 Cider and port drunk by forecaster (9) 18 Jealous man too confused about an infernal condition (7) 20 Charge for fruit I am approaching as starter (7) 22 Zest from half of lemons is a monstrosity (5) 23 However church can be a bit too male-orientated (5) 24 They are not good at flight in space over America (4)