CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.797
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.797, 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.796 is Louise Freeman, Newmarketonfergus, Co. Clare.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Game one would be
mad to lose (7)
5 Sturdy, small buildings (7)
10 Healthy source of water (4) 11 Had kids duplicated (10)
12 Troubled directions after
second deception (8)
13 After performance, I have
to be busy (6)
14 Writing surface for
composing tales (5)
16 Bit celery – chewed
to get fame (9)
19 Shopper turned up, requiring
first and second drink (9)
21 Wife wasted this game (5)
23 Cheeky, losing gold
article – a blade (6)
25 Dull place that’s not
black or white (4,4)
27 I get spoilt rotten, finding
something in my mouth (10) 28 Hide from this last family (4) 29 Loving call after a party (7)
30 Similarity to a record with
any cover (7)
Down
2 Aware of later development (5) 3 Furious about missiles (9)
4 I’ve found it! It’s Greek! (6)
6 Insincere couple
gets confronted (3-5)
7 Frank left nut out behind
front of burrow (5)
8 Drains a set – never
goes wrong (9)
9 Cleaner is a scrounger (6)
15 Starting point for meal
around a home (6,3)
17 Listens during genuine
read-through (9)
18 Sing about article myself
in the country (8)
20 Important not to
start a number (6)
22 For every boy is individual (6) 24 Row about granny’s
first cat (5)
26 They, in general,
include observing (5)
QUICK CLUES Across
1 Glass spheres (7)
5 Outbuildings (7)
10 In good health (4)
11 Copied (10)
12 Afflicted (8)
13 Energetic (6)
14 Metamorphic rock (5) 16 Famous person (9) 19 Buyer (9)
21 Card game (5)
23 Crop cutting tool (6) 25 Ill-defined
situation (4,4) 27 Windpipe
cover (10)
28 Hide (4)
29 Loving (7)
30 Comparison (7)
Down
2 Conscious (5)
3 Relating to
projectiles (9)
4 Cry of joy (6) 6 Deceitful (3-5)
7 Unsharpened (5)
8 Exhausted (9)
9 Marine animal (6) 15 Starting point (6,3) 17 Practice
session (9)
18 African country (8) 20 Number (6)
22 Individual (6)
24 Large feline (5)
26 Looking (5)