The Irish Mail on Sunday

CRYPTIC CLUES

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Across 1 Cyril’s lost for words (5) 4 Ape correct to take out a patent (9) 9 ‘It’s a cloud’ turned out to be a type of sentence (9) 10 Fruit preserve, initially for roly-poly (5) 11 Estimated cost is requiring careful handling (6) 12 I am returning into accommodat­ing home (8) 14 Prophet of doom notes achievemen­t first (9) 15 Odds that sound like quite the reverse (5) 17 Room to put old orchestral instrument (5) 19 Model glad about getting the top prize (4,5) 22 Stop working with a digit and staples (8) 24 Coin is endlessly ornate, to a point (6) 26 Elixir in bed outside – wrong way round (5) 27 Puce denim, ruined by sauce (9) 28 Sole inlet, rocky and most isolated (9) 29 Catholic, efficient and without conviction (5) Down 1 Found light coat screwed up inside (7) 2 Rents fuel out, being bitter (9) 3 Church plays a role in catching disease (7) 4 Gaming counter about to get trendy (4) 5 Intimate chat in the home furnishing department (6,4) 6 Agent threw slate at snake, say (7) 7 Soldier gets gold key from architect (5) 8 Chief not quite so improperly attired (7) 13 Queue to get just the one dossier (6,4) 16 Toleration flourished under cane constructi­on (9) 17 Wealth seen in seat of government (7) 18 Choose one state operating in visible spectrum (7) 20 CID mole performing in musical (7) 21 Left a new bird in the light (7) 23 Saw tonne being moved around (5) 25 Show contempt for a roasting rod (4)

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