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.807, 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.806 is Mary Evans, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
8 Sheep in more trouble (6)
9 Partial to current monarch running around (8)
10 Was there when a race finished (8)
11 Clothing fades behind French article (6)
12 Judge caught first in box (5)
13 No westerner outside is obliged (4)
14 Old-fashioned, missing last appointment (4)
16 Almost tolerating a replacement (5-2)
18 Critics adjusted score, adding two points (7)
20 Water gives city a form of energy (4)
21 One’s irregular feature (4)
22 Original rifts given new form (5)
25 Work with ticket seller, then decide not to (3,3)
27 Quote Len, terribly articulate (8)
28 Force Frenchmen to enter trade (8)
29 Sharply criticise king found in drain (6)
Down
1 Dog in the evening sun (6)
2 Dabbler is talented, it turned out (10)
3 Crawler today is in disarray (5)
4 Dark and ostentatious, nowadays, inside (7)
5 Dodgy dealer trades fur in a dodgy way (9)
6 Fellow, about daughter, is devoted (4)
7 Film-maker ordered cider by hill (8)
14 Sid, sadly, reckoned on being spoilt (10)
15 Try aiding arrangement for VIP (9)
17 Measure neaps too randomly (8)
19 Led you and me to that woman’s journalist (7)
23 Chap returned and committed an offence (6)
24 Lawmen sit around top of stairs (5)
26 Resistance units working for the queen (4)
QUICK CLUES Across
8 Breed of sheep (6)
9 Overtone (8)
10 Was present (8)
11 Articles of clothing (6)
12 Packing case (5)
13 Is indebted to (4)
14 Day of the month (4)
16 Substitute (5-2)
18 Suppressing
examiners (7)
20 Body of water (4)
21 Facial feature (4)
22 Initial (5)
25 Choose not to participate (3,3)
27 Persuasive (8)
28 Business (8)
29 Cooking rod (6)
Down
1 Breed of dog (6)
2 Amateur (10)
3 Sycophant (5)
4 Indistinct (7)
5 Criminal (9)
6 Adoring (4)
7 Producer (8)
14 Defaced (10)
15 Important person (9)
17 Cutlery item (8)
19 Guided (7)
23 Transgressed (6)
24 Sheriff’s men (5)
26 Units of resistance (4)