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.748, 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.747 is Mairead Larkin, Crosshaven, Co. Cork.

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

9 Might pressure be put on debtor? (5)

10 Seasoning on one type of meat (9)

11 Odd vet now upset and rejected (5,4)

12 Foreign character volunteers article first (5)

13 Wife, overturning laugh twice, produces a crying sound (3-3)

14 Bark about third new excuse for a party (8)

16 Stones next to church make a horrible noise (7)

18 Trace of iron? (7)

20 At home, mixed cuisine and tea (8)

22 Identify an index, say (6) 25 Blush when impaled (5) 26 Feeling someone’s collar is eye-catching (9)

28 Former pupil meeting shows passion (9)

29 Selected new depot (5) Down

1 Black marketeer betting on four (4)

2 Exchange activation device (6)

3 Mark off a degree holder (8)

4 Ladle shortly to contain phosphorus (5)

5 A range or other (9)

6 Sent first couple text about group (6)

7 No edible concoction, being indolent (4,4)

8 Celestial object made of ones and zeros (6,4) 13 Chore not flipped for president (10)

15 Mr Chaotic composed using every semitone (9)

17 Judge store differently and replace trees (8) 19 Release energy assignment (8)

21 Callous individual is miserable first (6)

23 Fellow taking one lieutenant to be blameworthy (6) 24 Anterior reservoir right inside (5)

27 Deities leave daughter and son (4)