CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.764
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.764, 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.763 is Elizabeth Phelan, Clonsilla, Dublin 15.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
9 Get used to terrible ruin, to a point (5) 10 Get rid of the Spanish inmate criminal I preceded (9) 11 Underground omen about musical device (9) 12 Shade off an awful place (5) 13 Way to travel shows pace (6) 14 Redirecting post, finished break (4,4) 16 Fundamental London train line (7) 18 Run concerning diocese (7) 20 Adversary to work quietly with single book (8) 22 Frenchman is healthy and eccentric (6) 25 Reported change in table (5) 26 Blatant woman’s taken male out and succeeded (9) 28 Dish and cases played part (9) 29 Provide pet with hesitation (5)
Down
1 Shoot fellow with one large mortar, initially (4) 2 Quiet remark from German relative (6) 3 Provide new arrangement, holding key instrument (8) 4 Set code with right curtains, say (5) 5 Bearing guidance (9) 6 Piece of the church? (6) 7 Sam lived wickedly in some islands (8) 8 Apes resent bats and monster (3,7) 13 Respected actors scan revision (10) 15 Kitty putting window screens in front, where she can’t see them (5,4) 17 Stop mine turning into jobs for the boys (8) 19 Clues for cooking endive with ends of rice (8) 21 Tended to get red sun wrong (6) 23 Set out a site behind loud carnival (6) 24 Food producer finds tumbler, not English (5) 27 Sensitive rose arrangement (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
9 Habituate (5) 10 Get rid of (9) 11 Tempo device (9) 12 Hellish domain (5) 13 Long step (6) 14 Break one’s journey (4,4) 16 Pivotal (7) 18 Supervise (7) 20 Rival (8) 22 Fish out of water (6) 25 Church table (5)
26 Flagrant (9) 28 Slowly cooked stew (9) 29 Provide with food (5)
Down
1 Movie (4) 2 Barely audible utterance (6) 3 Wind instrument (8) 4 Furnishings (5) 5 Bearing (9) 6 Clergyman (6)
7 Asian island state (8) 8 Mythological monster (3,7) 13 Hallowed (10) 15 Area of obstructed view (5,4) 17 Preferential treatment (8) 19 Proof (8) 21 Looked after (6) 23 Religious festival (6) 24 Bread-maker (5) 27 Painful (4)