Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 An increase in sound to boot (2,4)

5 Affected stylish greeting (3,3)

10 In the morning, employ charm (5)

11 Cry of surprise as original Golden Globe touches Englishman (9)

12 Gold embellishe­d our timid meeting place (10) 13 Land area took its turn in appraisal (4)

15 Oars he used away from the water (6)

17 Passenger list made up main celebratio­n (8) 19 Applaud carriage of garbage (8)

20 Who had dicky seat on an elephant’s back? (6) 23 May sound like a tiny amount (4)

24 Rasta fashion never ending in stalemates (10) 27 Band of archers to let loose (9)

28 Handed over with loose head on hammer (5)

29 Lay down record in the pink (6)

30 Successive­ly backed wheelmark inside tavern (2,4)

DOWN

2 Small pound for sea animal (5)

3 Voters choose zero percentage (10)

4 Glares furiously at lots of beer (6)

5 Drinking party can start with stimulatio­n (8)

6 Lies off speck of land (4) 7 Smote devils in the mind to find settlement (9)

8 Sleep upside down with a muddled head and a hat (6) 9 Retype endless diatribe for dictator (6)

14 Guide underweigh­t gas burner (5,5)

16 Pick up and teach forms of mental torture (9) 18 Partner retained determinat­ion to be an artist (8)

19 Coarse recreation area (6)

21 Seals scrum at the base of English back row (6) 22 Poor Malaysian went without any sausage (6) 25 Report on insurance (5) 26 Make new ruby ring (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Trouble, contention (6) 5 Repudiate (6)

10 Painful muscle contractio­n (5)

11 With one’s identity concealed (9)

12 Spellbound (10) 13 High-pitched bark (4) 15 Canopied seat on an elephant’s back (6) 17 Influence, affect (8) 19 Treasured family possession (8) 20 Consequenc­e, outcome (6)

23 Reckless (4)

24 Little known (10) 27 Obligatory, necessary (9) 28 Forbidden (5)

29 Plant disease that causes withering (6) 30 Prestige (6)

DOWN

2 Jewelled coronet (5) 3 Incapable of being travelled through (10) 4 Sovereign remedy (6) 5 Old and frail (8)

6 Epic story (4)

7 Cover up or gloss over failings (9)

8 Whisky (6)

9 Tip over, oust (6) 14 Lacking subtlety or complexity (10)

16 Fanciful, capricious (9) 18 Pessimisti­c (8) 19 Rupture (6)

21 Lethargy, sluggishne­ss (6)

22 Ploy, stratagem (6) 25 Inspire with feelings or ideals (5)

26 Urban haze (4)

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