CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD NO.907

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.907, 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.906 is Annette O’Donnell, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

8 Is an attorney able to land? (6)

9 Cephalgia can be a nuisance (8)

10 Goodwill making family head take note (8)

11 Leave the Gobi, say (6) 12 You and I would go round a lake and a forest (5)

13 Explosive that’s not yours (4) 14 Used teeth around a decoy (4) 16 Prisoner broadcast agreement (7) 18 University doctor with anger, causing offence (7)

20 Beg to remove front that’s metal (4)

21 Groped around for a fastening (4)

22 Sprite is just your beginning (5) 25 Ivan is hurting, about to fade away (6)

27 People pass – one is upset (8) 28 Use the sonar in a lot of water (5,3) 29 About to lend new light (6)

Down

1 Married woman shows spite (6) 2 Ales did flow after vehicle was destroyed (10)

3 Provide pet with hesitation (5) 4 Endlessly pursue relative in framework (7)

5 Fantasies involved same dryad (9)

6 Service means a great deal (4) 7 Likeable prince? That’s fictional (8)

14 Pub profiting from negotiating (10)

15 Trouble-maker finds article on building first (9)

17 Work a long time on hill as a surgeon (8)

19 Particular spice used by a trainee (7)

23 Sure about lieutenant, in the end (6)

24 Careless, losing rear of trousers (5)

26 I return to a small amount (4)

QUICK CLUES Across

8 N American country (6)

9 Migraine (8) 10 Benevolence (8) 11 Wasteland (6) 12 Wooded area (5) 13 Quarry (4)

14 Lure (4) 16 Permission (7) 18 Annoyance (7) 20 Guide (4)

21 Cord (4) 22 Supernatural being (5)

25 Disappear (6) 27 Settle (8)

28 Body of water (5,3) 29 Wax light (6)

Down

1 Animosity (6) 2 Damaged deliberately (10)

3 Provide food (5)

4 Casing (7) 5 Reveries (9) 6 Large number (4)

7 Delightful (8) 14 Haggling (10) 15 Subversive (9) 17 Worker (8) 19 Exceptional (7) 23 Outcome (6) 24 Loose (5)

26 Jot (4)