CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

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.806, 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.805 is Liz Costello, Ashbourne, Co. Meath.

Across

1 Places switched, having

European structure (5)

4 Terrible sentry, bad

non-participant (9)

9 Demand some drinks and

seek information (3,6)

10 Assesses council tax (5)

11 Inadequate sort of nebula (6)

12 Old official to learn

dam construction (8)

14 Sharp reductions

in sweets (4,5)

15 Favours teams (5)

17 Somehow defer

getting released (5)

19 Nobleman might find

gold – it’s official (4,5)

22 Hank’s oar diverted

old ship (5,3)

24 Treating a cut with

a large current (6)

26 Organised tour around

key royal house (5)

27 Consistently like livery? (9)

28 Shaping wood gives

fish access (9)

29 Quiet socialist has a scrap (5) Down

1 Bone making USA

clap wildly (7)

2 Go on a walk and

get lost (4,1,4)

3 Home accommodates

part that’s released (7)

4 Cry as fat last threesome left (4)

5 Burden spotted, heard,

felt after riding (6-4)

6 Close to being bald in

the East End (7)

7 Barrier restricts you in France –

that’s a fact (5)

8 Feels indignant regarding

broadcast by son (7)

13 Garment making water

heater fit (6,4)

16 Without alcohol, mathematician

has a torrid time (3,6)

17 In fact, a strange enthusiast (7)

18 Merit fuel around London

area, to a point (7)

20 Measures crimson ensemble (7) 21 Engineers arrange delay

getting transferred (7)

23 Spread lard around

back of the tree (5)

25 It revolved on city being minute (4)