THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

8 Misplaced axe vital as

loosener (8)

9 Tree creates hysterical

alarum (6) 10 Mattress business I

recover at last (4) 11 Shot in the arm while performing during spasm (5)

12 Up for biltong AND

rugby? (4)

13 Stare at fangs of

canines (8)

16 Song is promotion for

dance (6)

18 Spare tyre falls loose

as Bentley starts (4) 20 X2! (5)

21 Fine after refusal to

retreat (4)

22 Six zip inside - pure

oomph (6) 23 Scream “Love!”, get married ... and become dull with age (8)

26 Listen to xenophobe? You’ll get rid of many outsiders (4) 28 Protect hospital on

border (5) 30 Tramp duck chasing first hadedahs off beanstalks (4) 31 She makes notes about small CentreRight (6) 32 Traditional drink has a warm hue, misleadingly (8)

Down

1 Letter about trim of

skadonk (6) 2 Galloped up and around area, resulting in feeling nauseous (4) 3 Move carefully, giving advice to NEC Centre (6)

4 Mood to live in hiding (4) 5 Am I about to face a British heartless lady, cordially? (8)

6 Some fire-water for endless kloof ascent (4)

7 Search out past

flowering plant (8) 14 Unthinkable to label

love ‘nothing’ (5) 15 Potter around a car,

happily vacuous (5) 17 Log in, frantically looking for jargon

(5)

19 Dial in a very casual way (4-4) 20 University wanting revolutionary

heart (4,4)

24 Play for freedom (6)

25 Barges into joints (6)

27 “Nary nervous ...” goes the story (4) 29 Help returns to unknown sailor (4) 30 Haga Haga goes gaga - that’s funny!

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