CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.894
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.894, 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.893 is Ciaran Murphy, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Better edges possess colour (5) 4 Cardinal and friend, first
and foremost (9)
9 Argument included clue about
European gamble (9)
10 Attorney puts church next
to a villa (5)
11 A nose around excellent,
twisted home (6)
12 Physical actor mustn’t
rewrite article (5,3)
14 Rancid gin cocktail
in carriage (6,3)
15 Finish taking in city animal (5) 17 Credit English ship plant (5)
19 Desert hazard succeeded –
also on march (9)
22 Political group around tavern,
turning human recycler (8)
24 Picture small pixie, that is (6)
26 Evidence of strength of spirit (5) 27 Tense and defective (9)
28 Pursue flimsy car part (4,5)
29 Bored, I scout around
a nightclub (5)
Down
1 Bird making vehicle dart off (7) 2 Respect and honour
Enid’s other church (9)
3 Turn one off a particle (7)
4 Wager has a pulse (4)
5 Wring steel out when it’s
very hot (10)
6 Ending in debauchery missing
from French (7)
7 Behold copper get married
to doctor (5)
8 Intensely wanted time to
end badly (7)
13 Diamonds taking off after slow
start in pastime (3,7)
16 Distance making a simpleton
turn head (9)
17 Fighting arena should
include pilot (7)
18 Funk is played by student
after a lot to drink (7)
20 He reads about being
deprived of coat (7)
21 Man left out new sort
for conductor (7)
23 I’m an eccentric, concealing
old name (5)
25 Notice recreation
has run out (4)
QUICK CLUES Across
1 Tanned (5)
4 Chiefly (9)
9 Conjecture (9)
10 Russian villa (5)
11 Bee’s home (6)
12 Actor’s stand-in (5,3) 14 Restaurant
carriage (6,3)
15 Antelope (5)
17 Salad plant (5)
19 Desert hazard (9)
22 Man-eater (8)
24 Type of
photograph (6)
26 Verification (5)
27 Flawed (9)
28 Rear vehicle
lamp (4,5)
29 Dance club (5)
Down
1 Swift-running bird (7) 2 Compliance (9)
3 Subatomic particle (7) 4 Defeat (4)
5 Very hot (10) 6 Musical ending (7) 7 Medical stand-in (5) 8 Longed (7)
13 Choreographed
sport (3,7)
16 Indifference (9)
17 Flight deck (7)
18 Much to drink (7)
20 Remove wool (7)
21 Distinguished
conductor (7)
23 Woman’s name (5) 25 Location (4)