CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.883
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.883, 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.882 is Bernie O’Sullivan, Mallow, Co. Cork.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
8 Fish in reported location (6)
9 Worked out cause
with journalist (8)
10 Delayed volunteers at
home indeed (8)
11 Tense fellow joining union –
strangely true (6)
12 Plate, unusually,
is sprung (5)
13 Found opportunity,
having to relax (4)
14 Bird is small and pale (4)
16 At university, drunk
and tense (7)
18 Charm of French lamp (7)
20 Some distance, we hear,
is an achievement (4)
21 The summit of architecture? (4) 22 Dog by railway finds food (5) 25 Used spice on Sunday?
That’s a sign (6)
27 Fascinate – that’s a way in (8) 28 Ruin tent, cooking
a bit of food (8)
29 Type of acid making
expert twitch (6)
Down
1 Swindle out of
a warm jacket (6)
2 I would change second
commission and fail (10)
3 Name that’s not
worth much (5)
4 Shrewd puritan,
by the book (7)
5 Famous ship
might blossom (9)
6 Dismissal from
storage area (4)
7 Manage to get to non-amateur
in disapproval (8)
14 Pretends to have
time for prompts (10)
15 Treasured singer hides
arrangement (9)
17 Rice soup – terribly dear (8)
19 Best policy is to
sharpen pen (7)
23 Engineers initially counterfeited
fuel, getting a kickback (6)
24 Remain, having
registered a cat (5)
26 Feline right inside
conveyance (4)
QUICK CLUES Across
8 Food fish (6)
9 Logical (8)
10 Held up (8)
11 Time ahead (6)
12 Jumped (5)
13 Loosen (4)
14 Long-necked bird (4) 16 Anxious (7)
18 Happiness (7)
20 Accomplishment (4) 21 House part (4) 22 Asian dish (5)
25 Zodiac sign (6) 27 Way in (8)
28 Source of
nourishment (8) 29 Type of acid (6)
Down
1 Sheep’s wool (6) 2 Disillusion (10)
3 Small coin (5)
4 Wise (7)
5 Pilgrim ship (9) 6 Footwear item (4) 7 Scold (8)
14 Rouses (10)
15 Beloved (9)
17 Valuable (8)
19 Frankness (7)
23 Draw back (6)
24 Wander (5)
26 Carriage (4)