Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

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ACROSS

1 Rating of fuel that exploded at once (6) 5 Stupefy and continue ringing flightless birds (6) 10 Pack drill is idle when prepared for battle (9) 11 Anti-Aramaic elements of the Pope’s office (5) 12 Delight in shelter after midnight (4)

13 Athlete who is an interminab­le sweater? (4,6) 15 Knew cans developed into kind of flask (4,4)

16 Be after son for discrimina­ting against women (6)

19 Isn’t setting record with part of the foot (6) 20 Corrupting one with graduate spot (3,5)

23 Half the earth border is quiet at this spot (10) 25 Overseas trip or disorderly rout (4)

27 Pack animal brought everything back with mother (5)

28 Popular dog is turning on attack (9)

29 Strip and run around naked (6)

30 Get sod moving with heavy food (6)

DOWN

2 Vehicles carrying fifty people up? (5,4)

3 Proficient at ballet but without regular parts (4) 4 Some screens concealing shelter inside (8)

5 Cur bagged game (3,3) 6 Middle East, therefore, produced hale old man (10) 7 Not blunt instrument with a point on top (5)

8 Rendered ageism in figures (6)

9 Free port seized unbound hard copy (6)

14 Lay to rest room to keep the appropriat­e distance (10)

17 One member wandering and making strides (9) 18 Arrays of grain seen in carpets (8)

19 Inspire piecemeal healing without winding up (6) 21 Mission might be out of order as well (6)

22 Fall off and scratch sides on skating arena (6)

24 Stood for flesh to be filled with nitrogen (5) 26 Italian river in the far north (4)

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