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.833, 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.832 is Marie Davis, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Across

1 Slime – it’s about

snobbishness (7)

5 Father gets variable support

for revenge (7)

10 Dirt starts to make uniform

completely khaki (4)

11 Strange canoe leaving

like a liner (10)

12 Heard first person quote one

of the senses (8)

13 Outrage, removing

cold footwear (6)

14 Fight for what’s left (5)

16 Leaner bid generated poverty (9) 19 Ignore ref’s order – he’s not

from round here (9)

21 Guard lost head in arrival (5)

23 Feature alteration to

space and time (6)

25 Destiny, putting equipment

in small ships (8)

27 Sailor and worker joining

woman in dance (10)

28 Twist top of the vase (4)

29 Figure has right to have

acquired importance (7)

30 Unrefined, like a speculator (7) Down

2 Terrible to behold

American coordinate (5)

3 Steal round, say, and

fall into place (4,5)

4 Gets worried outside –

rings underling (6)

6 He can’t remember CIA

names, sadly (8)

7 Business leader worn

out in the shade (5)

8 Dilapidated or ancient vessel (9) 9 Exceptional thing, having

drink with lieutenant (6)

15 Croat’s sin turned out

to be a pastry item (9)

17 Learn about putting

actors in bomber (9)

18 Current rubbish between silver

and gold is incendiary (8)

20 Space on crease for clasp (6)

22 All right to include

a large ending (6)

24 Old performance is not

approximated in any way (5)

26 Peers to see laser design (5)