CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

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.733, 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.732 is Deirdre O’Callahan, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Spend a lot of time in the aisle (7)

5 Mimes to transform into English soldiers (7)

10 He’s not bright enough to make dessert (4)

11 I will adjust stature and decorate (10)

12 Assign gold to someone out of pocket (8)

13 Assessing a sailor (6)

14 European actor in unusual casting (5)

16 Disbelieving that ice is melted (9)

19 About to get beaten, shout it’s a near thing (5,4)

21 Put off being freed awkwardly (5)

23 Graduate generated boom in plant (6)

25 Greeting woman in prayer (4,4)

27 Instrument that is both quiet and loud (10)

28 No longer pizzicato in jocular coda (4) 29 Soldier-turned-aristocrat is contemptible (7)

30 Building European railway for sport (7)

Down

2 Elegance’s first couple lost in affair (5)

3 Period of youth for Caesar? (5,4)

4 Finding sand inside is uncompromising (6) 6 Spectator sees tennis player pursuing former pupil (8)

7 Some rituals have commendation (5)

8 I have to go after former numbers, being thorough (9) 9 Woman with time for a wine (6)

15 Making public about renting (9)

17 Second squad reaches city – somewhere to relax (5,4)

18 Focus wandered around work – left some ice cream (8) 20 Mythology about a hot city (6) 22 Sentence artist sent back – it’s one-dimensional (6)

24 Boon, playing with good drum (5) 26 Reappear concerning dog (5)