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.613, 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.612 is Richard Marsh, Fontenoy Street, Dublin 7.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

8 Judge pier to be renovated following hesitation (6) 9 Tread adjusted after daily business (3,5) 10 Stir trouble in tree – perfect (8) 11 The cricket team’s legs (6) 12 The idiocy of aimless building (5) 13 Determined to put tree by main road (4) 14 Fellow loses head when keen (4) 16 Gin cocktail in river in city (7) 18 A requirement is to include a particular flavouring (7) 20 Filmed host in a terrible state (4) 21 Cornish project in a biblical location (4) 22 Woman takes object to be of utmost importance (5) 25 Symbol has yours truly repeatedly taking pound back (6) 27 This puzzle gets clean away with a great deal (8) 28 Disgraceful, endless famine spreading round America (8) 29 Assistant for some time (6)

Down

1 My robe design is at a rudimentary stage (6) 2 Frivolous rifts develop initially at dawn (5,5) 3 Fire damage – time for restoration (5) 4 Flower for nothing is a hybrid (7) 5 Eager to send soldiers the first letter of correspondence (9) 6 Rib cooked with English cheese (4) 7 Clinging to evade his order to change (8) 14 Sailor sent nice version of self-control (10) 15 Period of goodwill, darling, on satellite (9) 17 Heated air around European border (8) 19 Without a couple of members getting drunk (7) 23 A lot of drinks on all sides (6) 24 Worker holds key to singular dread (5) 26 Page shows a little bit of botany (4)