Cape Argus

Quiz Crossword

- ACROSS DOWN

1 Souvenir (7) 2 Spanish man (5) 3 End of a prayer (4) 4 Spartan (7) 5 Act of retaliatio­n (8) 6 Mild or kindly (6) 11 Fish type (8) 12 Make warm beforehand (7) 13 Audience size for TV show (7) 15 Silvery-white element (6) 17 Assumed name (5) 19 Rigid circular band (4) Down: - 1 Centre. 2 Mascot. 3 On edge. 4 Tilde. 5 Bird flu. 6 Eternal. 11 Karachi. 12 Tank top. 13 Muesli. 14 Triple. 15 Advert. 17 Stair.

- 1 Broomstick. 6 Atom. 10 Rustler. 11 Plumber. 12 Disabuse. 13 Credo. 15 Hogwash. 17 Stature. 18 Psalter. 21 Freight. 23 Inner. 24 Sinecure. 27 Turn-off. 28 Gallery. 29 Rhea. 30 Bluebottle. Down: - 1 Bury. 2 Ousting. 3 Melba. 4 Through. 5 Cypress. 7 Tableau. 8 Marionette. 9 Purchase. 14 Shoplifter. 16 Altar boy. 19 Aintree. 20 Restful. 21 Finagle. 22 Garment. 25 Cello. 26 Lyre. 1 “The … …”, Michael Cimino film for which Christophe­r Walken won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar (4,6) 7 Ivan, 1990 Australian Open men’s singles tennis champion (5) 8 Kwame, President of Ghana 1960-66 (7) 10 A member of a Native American people now living in Oklahoma (8) 11 Variety of chalcedony with alternatin­g black and white parallel bands (4) 13 2006 novel by Jilly Cooper (6) 15 Judd, actor whose television roles have included Alex Rieger in the sitcom Taxi (6) 17 The largest river of Albania (4) 18 Édouard, French painter whose works include 1894’s Les deux écoliers (8) 21 Joanne, actress married to Val Kilmer from 1988-96 (7) 22 Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology (5) 23 Prince of Norway in the Shakespear­e play Hamlet (10) 1 Hard-wearing cotton fabric used for trousers and work clothes (5) 2 University city in Bavaria, Germany that hosts the Bergkirchw­eih, an annual beer festival (8) 3 Largest of the four main islands of Japan (6) 4 Department of France whose capital is Lille (4) 5 PH, England Test cricketer who took 7-66 against Pakistan at Karachi in 1978 (7) 6 Bob Rafelson film starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell (5,5) 9 Solid figure with six plane faces (10) 12 Large brown-and-white North American plover, Charadrius vociferus (8) 14 Port in NE Illinois on Lake Michigan (7) 16 Damon, author of the short story collection More Than Somewhat (6) 19 Samuel, US revolution­ary born in 1722 who was one of the organizers of the Boston Tea Party (5) 20 In music, the sign which, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone (4) Across: - 6 Emerson. 7 Raven. 9 Ant. 10 Leviathan. 12 Dolly Varden. 15 Joe Mantegna. 17 Agincourt. 19 Tim. 21 Ariel. 22 Uccello. Down: - 1 Amine. 2 Kra. 3 Love. 4 Master and. 5 Gemayel. 8 Nièvre. 11 Commander. 13 Lennox. 14 Hoggard. 16 Field. 18 Rice. 20 Hel.

Cape Town Ballet presents children’s nursery rhymes on stage in Humpty Dumpty and Friends at the Artscape Theatre on January 6, 7 and 8 at 11am and January 5 and 7 at 2pm. R100 at Computicke­t or at 021 421 7695.

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