CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.897
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.897, 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.895 is Rose O’Driscoll, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. And the winner of Cryptic/Quick Crossword No.896 is Grace Dunphy, Kinsale, Co. Cork.
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Riot needs inclination and time (7)
5 Suppose this writer is after super
performance (7)
10 ‘Barrier Point’ is the title (4)
11 Candles sat around as a
seaside feature (10)
12 Fruit containing copper and
lithium – odd (8)
13 Join infantryman without one (6)
14 Stage changed shape (5)
16 Hard work prohibited, say –
it goes to your head (9)
19 Rock, large, put back
right on table (9)
21 Fish initially baked on some paper (5) 23 Coniferous tree is well groomed (6) 25 Add salt to a lake for part
of the year (8)
27 Giving up of the French
combination (10)
28 Air new question and land (4)
29 Cheapen unfinished study
to a degree (7)
30 Ruled, but was wet, we hear (7)
Down
2 Staring at a torn page (5)
3 It goes before expert gets
strange curse right (9)
4 Leave ship before one quiet chat (6) 6 Musician sways sailor (4,4)
7 Fibre for making sails (5)
8 Philosopher terribly inane
for long periods (9)
9 Prince sketched article first (6)
15 Musical section covers
high-level deficiency (9)
17 Tedious argument included
taking a loan (9)
18 Singer gets depressed by
prison term (8)
20 Muscles lie about climb (6)
22 Injure fellow, breaking leg (6)
24 Superior meal has no beginning (5) 26 Native American evicts
husband quickly (5)
QUICK CLUES Across
1 Run amok (7)
5 Suppose (7)
10 Titled woman (4)
11 Beach construction (10) 12 Strange (8)
13 Weld (6)
14 Distinct period (5) 16 Sportswear item (9) 19 British overseas territory (9)
21 Freshwater fish (5)
23 Fir tree (6)
25 For part of every year (8) 27 Losing hope (10)
28 Middle East country (4) 29 Demean (7)
30 Ruled (7)
Down
2 Open-mouthed (5) 3 Forerunner (9) 4 Tittle-tattle (6) 6 Musical celebrity (4,4)
7 Agave plant (5)
8 Thousands of years (9)
9 Man’s name (6)
15 Wig (9)
17 Taking temporarily (9)
18 Type of thrush (8)
20 Descend using ropes (6) 22 Mutilate (6)
24 Shoe part (5)
26 Fast (5)