CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

Here’s your chance to win a Collins Concise English Dictionary. 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.602, 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.601 is David Cleere, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

9 Dodge first woman to have a key (5) 10 Digit is not much to equation, initially (6,3) 11 Dubious young lady is on a list (9) 12 My last chat about nautical conveyance (5) 13 Cadge from a cleaner (6) 14 Pass round a tea first as fuel (8) 16 Keys to barrier provide protection (7) 18 Flyer left in a jumble behind meadow (7) 20 The French get angry at English game (8) 22 Come out east and join forces (6) 25 Kind who takes pressure for fun (5) 26 Large reptile running at gorilla (9) 28 A large union gets least without male element (9) 29 Deal with a pleasurable event (5)

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1 Top of the address (4) 2 Graduate rings about doctor, being a grass (6) 3 Path gone strangely out of shape (8) 4 World gave German student an award (5) 5 Wife, say, has different proportion (5,4) 6 Contestant quietly runs relay (6) 7 A time to teach while learning (2,6) 8 Amount of fluid may tire client out (10) 13 Lumber TV series with cleaner (6,4) 15 Confusion in CIA operation is fervent (9) 17 Reality set out by male handyman (8) 19 Supreme lay-about may come in (8) 21 Get former pupil a can outside (6) 23 Inform on that woman? Not half (6) 24 Head of surgery gets swelling to collapse (5) 27 Register back in agenda to read (4)