THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Save book on East London

catfish (6)

4 Water for steak-cooking

mother (5,3)

9 Bring back well with pipe

over hill (6) 10 Perlemoens give you muscles to protect yourself (8)

11 Bill gets signal about

right increase (6)

12 City produces first article

on docked beast (8) 13 Laugh off the French expression of frustration (3)

14 Rodent is brown, like

wicker (6)

17 Lazy English, say, can lose age but gain identity (7)

21 Was in front on the way back, then lost tee scratch! (6)

25 A turn from the past (3) 26 He loves power discussions about Citi and Polo (8)

27 Month ends early, with Great Britain and N.Ireland forming a

group (6)

28 Airport controls air

lanes (8)

29 I left after upsetting date

with triviality (6)

30 Trips with overdose on unknown ship - yes, crazy (8)

31 Strangler to copy death description with final couples (6)

Down

1 Someone in the Green & Gold to bleat on the street about hair (8) 2 Rebuke Joburg, for example, for aggressive greed (8)

3 Number One in “Rude Pal”

controversy (8)

5 We object to being caught in a doctor-andhospital trap (6) 6 Getting up sadly with

“Morning!” greeting (6) 7 A black nude swims in the

river (6)

8 It’s second street with

lovely sides, usually (6) 12 I run run run for paraffin

tin (7) 15 Arrest and book after nocturnal

arsonist starts (3)

16 Fool the little one (3)

18 Sea rises up bank, supporting

you modestly (8)

19 Will question first be about heat?

(8)

20 Happened to be dead (8) 22 God has a register on love (6) 23 Lots of Pratley both sides holds

fast (6)

24 Infuses energy into moves (6) 25 Year after I was put into a section

for sharpness (6)