CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

NO.884

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.884, 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.883 is Rab McWilliams, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

9 Molar, say – excessively thin,

not fashionable (5)

10 Vital supplier had beer with

drunken rioter (9)

11 Animal correct to make

slight deviation (4,5)

12 Terrible flaw, running

around university (5)

13 Musical lubricant (6)

14 Removed water from river

with muddy exterior (8)

16 Every listener is attentive (3,4) 18 One drip, unfortunately

persuaded to partake (5,2)

20 Revolution to cover traitor (8) 22 Spy developed

revolutionary spirit (6)

25 Declare on time to

change course (5)

26 Defender, one in

goalpost arrangement (9)

28 Attractive girl with no

new pronoun – shame (9)

29 Road, ultimately, conceals

no child (5)

Down

1 Attempt to use a knife (4)

2 Spot pub at the end of lane (6)

3 Cleaner is ahead of

mother in personality (8)

4 Boat uncovered with

guile, initially (5)

5 Endlessly figure politician

is compulsory (9)

6 Unhappy at rare printing errors (6) 7 Prisoner penalised and held (8)

8 Stomach routine (5,5)

13 Adapting an

alternative animal (5,5)

15 Oracle sat around steps (9)

17 Huge ship with the

last bounty (8)

19 Finished having spoken

of the countryside (8)

21 Material for bed

not pulled back (6)

23 Encouragement is a

feature at university (4,2)

24 Ancient city deity put out

a drinking vessel (5)

27 In France, you

double the skirt (4)