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 your solution to: Cryptic/Quick Crossword No.633, 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.632 is David McCabe, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, and the winner of No.631 is Sheila Reilly, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across 8 Guide in a straight line (6) 9 The plane deviated to get an animal (8) 10 Obscure sailor, a good man with a strategy (8) 11 Pets trained by alien group (6) 12 Child’s first inclination – to be a pain (5) 13 Very small amount of mash, in total (4) 14 Fencing weapon made of sheet metal (4) 16 Gold key, cracked, into public sale (7) 18 Stop batting of French woman (7) 20 Sound surprised about height that’s been clarified (4) 21 Lies about a piece of land (4) 22 For every church has somewhere to sit (5) 25 Captain’s place in a game (6) 27 Value check for vitamin C, say (4,4) 28 A month to talk and embellish (8) 29 Show a film and hide (6) Down 1 Shout for some building material (6) 2 Find me reticent about length (10) 3 Trust developed into support (5) 4 Receive profit from a charity event (7) 5 County organises trite, small accommodation (9) 6 Hard to put limit around a man (4) 7 Terribly neat city, right at the front (8) 14 Steal rafts away – that’s signalled by another shot (5,5) 15 Menial cop changed into another (9) 17 Safe international group turned her mad (8) 19 Happy to get parking contracted (7) 23 Firm sets out to mollycoddle (6) 24 Kings install one huge cubicle (5) 26 Doctor sees work decrease (4)