CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
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.891, 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.890 is Thomas Moloney, Lattin, Co. Tipperary.
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
8 Sportsman finds perspective by river (6)
9 Champion in favour of car being audible (8)
10 Moving around is something obsolete (8)
11 Steps that may be taken (6)
12 Left English tree, showing restraint (5)
13 Agonise for a while over a dish (4)
14 Hollow warning (4)
16 Criminal gets journalist twisted (7)
18 At home, Thor’s put out, briefly (2,5)
20 Apartment is a long way from exciting (4)
21 Sarcasm not finished in press (4)
22 Construction by one form of timber (5)
25 Control stream’s meandering (6)
27 Pick the front, crumple strange exterior (8)
28 Run after keys and bottle (8)
29 Cordial mixes gin and ale (6)
Down
1 Fashionable to have team locked up (6)
2 Hunting, say, for family fun (5,5)
3 Pause to start a game of pool (5)
4 Work is terrible, to a peer (7)
5 Pursuing patronage (9)
6 In favour of dip, initially where it’s shallow (4)
7 Get right on fence (8)
14 Flatmate cannot insert old tradition (10)
15 Tiny osier, surprisingly standing (9)
17 Engineers get contracted, then set free (8)
19 Master-of-ceremonies is heard, in contrast (7)
23 Sweet, making a nut go off (6)
24 Join during emergency (5)
26 Catch role the wrong way round (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
8 Fisherman (6)
9 Supporter (8)
10 Extinct creature (8) 11 Portable steps (6) 12 Lead (5)
13 Casserole (4)
14 Grotto (4)
16 Corrupt (7)
18 To sum up (2,5)
20 Dull (4)
21 Metal (4) 22 Type of wood (5)
25 Teacher (6)
27 Guitarist’s accessory (8)
28 Stoppered container (8)
29 Friendly (6)
Down
1 Within (6)
2 Cruel pastime (5,5)
3 Snap (5)
4 Control (7)
5 Pursuing (9)
6 River crossing (4)
7 Phone part (8)
14 Fellow resident (10)
15 Rank (9)
17 Freed (8)
19 Liken (7)
23 Type of confectionery (6)
24 Combine (5)
26 Snare (4)