CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.611
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.611, 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.610 is Maureen Gaynor, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Church of the sun embracing an academic (7) 5 Accede to change with new vocal quality (7) 10 Left undiscovered, initially, in iron chimney (4) 11 Naive celebration for some politicians (5,5) 12 Indifferent to distance, having no confidence (4,4) 13 One’s problem with religious scholar being wet (6) 14 Dish as ordered by boy (5) 16 Young lady to object to an eccentric payment method (5,4) 19 Violence by titular arrangement (9) 21 Fellow lied, out to pasture (5) 23 Saucy, losing gold article in lawnmower (6) 25 Terminator has queen pursuing some crows (8) 27 Jam and wine comes out of it (10) 28 Wrong war generated ultimate victory (4) 29 Crawler to stop at the surface (7) 30 Well-behaved worker at the hospital (7)
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2 Room to put old instrument (5) 3 Finished with a sketch of borrowing facility (9) 4 Viewpoint right for a sportsman (6) 6 Sceptic is acting so out of sorts (8) 7 Animal from European terrain (5) 8 Cartel had interfered with building (9) 9 Pay to get comfortable (6) 15 Bad actor promises to be really bad (9) 17 Increased lawlessness by mice somehow gets registered by greeting (5,4) 18 Flower is down by telephone (8) 20 Moderate one’s state of mind (6) 22 Even more short of money than agent (6) 24 The first irritation is his lack of stature (5) 26 Forced loner to sign up (5)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
1 Learned person (7) 5 Musical ending (7) 10 Smoke duct (4) 11 Environmentalist politicians (5,5) 12 Loss of nerve (4,4) 13 Saturated (6) 14 Cold dish (5) 16 Payment method (5,4) 19 Great cruelty (9) 21 Area of open land (5) 23 Crop-cutting tool (6) 25 Assassin (8) 27 Traffic jam (10) 28 Not right (4) 29 Road surfacing (7) 30 Methodically arranged (7)
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2 Stringed instrument (5) 3 Bank account deficit (9) 4 Fisherman (6) 6 Doubting Thomas (8) 7 Antelope (5) 8 Large church (9) 9 Reach an agreement (6) 15 Horrifyingly wicked (9) 17 Increase in lawbreaking (5,4) 18 Woodland plant (8) 20 Frame of mind (6) 22 Dealer (6) 24 Small person (5) 26 Register as a member (5)