CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.881
Here’s your chance to win a €15 book token. 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.881, 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.880 is
Lorna Sherlock, Swords, Co. Dublin.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Bishop cared terribly
about old fabric (7)
5 Drink, that is, and food (7)
10 Vermin I am returning
to church (4)
11 Accepts trouble about
air force vessel (10)
12 Deliver cards first to
ship worker (8)
13 Horrible monster hiding fruit (6) 14 Loud student song shows a
degree of panache (5)
16 Initially more sinister,
putting horse in zoo (9)
19 Preparing to deep-fry
in heavy defeat (9)
21 Film is about victory
celebration (5)
23 Notice – noticed – an
ever-changing situation (6)
25 Very old yachtsmen start
getting on when travelling (8) 27 Visit castles, say, and have
a breakdown (2,2,6)
28 Experience in which one
finds a lake (4)
29 These days, some
poetry is hostile (7)
30 Apprehension about doctor
getting between (7)
Down
2 Swimming in her river (5)
3 Make sure table has
an aide-memoire (5,4)
4 Daughter is left after
mother gets gloomy (6)
6 Encumber six deliveries with
consignment (8)
7 Sure about medic’s
top antidote (5)
8 Fine Latin translation?
Immature (9)
9 Deal with a name (6)
15 Contract storage area
in type of property (9)
17 Cut top off non-polluting
tree (9)
18 Guides towards cakes (8)
20 Apprentice has an absence
of bad habits (6)
22 Nomad removes last
hesitation to get mineral (6)
24 Pinched something for
over the shoulders (5)
26 Nothing about a second
set for digital protection (5)
QUICK CLUES Across
1 Rich fabric (7)
5 Hot snack (7)
10 Rodents (4)
11 Extraterrestrial
vehicle (10)
12 Crew member (8) 13 Citrus fruit (6)
14 Talent (5)
16 Collection of wild
animals (9)
19 Beating (9) 21 Make merry (5)
23 Playground item (6) 25 Travelling (8)
27 Break down (2,2,6) 28 Great lake (4)
29 Opposed (7)
30 Amid (7)
Down
2 European river (5)
3 Useful
inventory (5,4)
4 Dull (6) 6 Burden too much (8) 7 Blood constituent (5) 8 Childish (9)
9 Deal with (6)
15 Form of
ownership (9)
17 Eternal (9)
18 Girl Guides (8)
20 Newcomer (6)
22 Soft mineral (6)
24 Took unlawfully (5) 26 Metal fasteners (5)