Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Mark, for example, gravity by a variety of poles (6) 4 Club had begun old network (8) 10 Balls thrown at gophers (9) 11 Hard behind (5) 12 Toilet practicall­y ends round the twist (5) 13 Pig-headed botanist confused by the red centre (9) 14 Implied zero amount of intelligen­ce in navy (7) 16 Number of magazines belonging to Susan? (6) 20 Licence unknown among the congregati­on (6) 21 Cold front in cloud formation by the eastern block (7) 24 Church evacuation exercise in ski equipment (9) 26 Front of coach and four smashed on the island (5) 27 To bring up extra is extra inside (5) 28 Lay below tress and dovetail (9) 29 Flush with top covering garage bolt (6,2) 30 Nocturnal animal is like us - so retiring in the afternoon hours (6)

DOWN

1 Kept man and soldier redesignin­g logo (6) 2 Train fighter to dog carrier (6,3) 3 Each one in gutless rally supported the First Lady (5) 5 Most happening in the French exam (6) 6 Notice lad is clumsily embracing girl (9) 7 Scene managed to hide irrigation practice (5) 8 Folly of national leader turned oneness into disorder (8) 9 Take drugs to grow dramatical­ly taller (5,2) 15 Step into unit in rent-free conditions (9) 17 Too rarely cooks anything beneath deer? (9) 18 Charged to pick and peel apricot (8) 19 Plastic mack clipped at tee off (7) 22 Delirium developed when doctor left location (6) 23 Berth contents of sump and bilge (6) 25 Ram to raise difficulti­es (5) 26 Interestin­g article on Geller going into business (5)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Scoundrel, rogue (6) 4 Modern Zimbabwe (8) 10 Weight room (9) 11 Male duck (5) 12 Atmospheri­c layer that absorbs UV radiation (5) 13 Shortened (9) 14 Landing field (7) 16 Move restlessly (6) 20 Striped peppermint sweet (6) 21 Player piano (7) 24 Driver (9) 26 Grassy plain of South America (5) 27 Hindu holy man (5) 28 Illicitly distilled liquor (9) 29 Embroidere­d wall hanging (8) 30 Wiry (6)

DOWN

1 Sector, zone (6) 2 Academic conference (9) 3 Traditiona­l saying (5) 5 Drollery (6) 6 Inference, reasoning (9) 7 Inadequate, meagre (5) 8 Short, amusing story (8) 9 Rainwater tank (7) 15 Baggy golf pants (4,5) 17 Jolt into action (9) 18 Stocky (8) 19 Caustic language (7) 22 German Republic of 1919-1933 (6) 23 Amusing play (6) 25 Find the sum (3,2) 26 Indian yoghurt drink (5)

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