CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.745
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.745, 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.744 is Elizabeth Phelan, Clonsilla, Dublin 15.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Fellow forced smile – hard language (7)
5 Pictures showing Tim travelling in Rolls (7)
10 Police department has to yield (4)
11 Loans a beer out – that’s fair (10)
12 Berate pursuit – it’s back in (8)
13 Careful about the empty liquid (6)
14 Afford a supplementary item (5)
16 Trouble-maker finds article on dome first (9)
19 Aim is not new unknown hatred (9)
21 Raged about degree (5) 23 Single daughter, say, returns, anxious (2,4) 25 Nuisance, dreadful toil surrounding artistic material (3,5)
27 Hidden? Excellent (3,2,5)
28 God of both orders (4) 29 Composed air about cake (7) 30 Desensitise about a Norse broadcast (7)
Down
2 Audible echoes consuming bloodsucker (5)
3 Sort meal out with medium commotion (9)
4 Attack to arrange, that is (6) 6 Tough stuff, making press function (8)
7 Designated worker follows this writer (5)
8 Spread oil around and split (9)
9 A vet worked with navy in pub (6)
15 Writer almost inward-looking in cape (9)
17 As of now, fare there has changed (9)
18 Fools like this registered judge (8)
20 Approximate time before getting manger (6)
22 Intoxicated by British game (6)
24 Go on about a remote control device (5)
26 Feature includes old rope (5)
QUICK CLUES Across
1 Belgian language (7) 5 Digital images (7) 10 Surrender (4) 11 Moderate (10)
12 Scold (8)
13 Diluted (6)
14 Surplus to requirement (5) 16 Guerrilla (9) 19 Antagonism (9) 21 Category (5)
23 Tense (2,4) 25 Artist’s medium (3,5) 27 Invisible (3,2,5) 28 Norse deity (4) 29 Portuguese island (7)
30 Make rough (7) Down
2 Parasite (5)
3 Whirlpool (9)
4 Military foray (6)
6 Metal articles (8) 7 Signified (5) 8 Sharply divided (9) 9 Inn (6)
15 Promontory (9) 17 From now on (9) 18 Evaluator (8)
20 Feed box (6)
22 Very drunk (6) 24 Monotonous sound (5)
26 Lariat (5)