THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Distraught locums rue a run of kind of twitching disease (13) 8 Old painter almost

returns (4)

9 At the end of the year about ten lusty outsiders appeared improperly (10) 10 Twist April’s

settlement (6) 11 ANC’s rallying call on Workers’ Day bus, yet way is lost (8)

12 It is about boys after

ebony scraps (9) 14 Ceremony for completion of incomplete school year? (4)

15 Loves both men and women when having the inclination (4) 16 Fifty percent initially love the right partner (5,4)

20 Author is unknown and makes silly beginnings of dramatic appearances (5,3) 21 Comical, I come

wearing fabric (6) 23 Convulsive tendency one found in small bygone town (10) 24 Travel down, taking in the natural countryside (4) 25 Bergie comes from

this direction? (13)

Down

1 Infidel returns - that’s

to put bushbaby ... (7) 2 ... down for two

European articles (5) 3 Loeries fly about, losing energy for nothing that’s for the birds! (7) 4 Distant international organisation proving with certainty (15) 5 Evasive about CC cross

at base of column (6) 6 Famous pilot held; bring

release order (9) 7 Amateur consumed by grass and passed on (7)

13 She crossed over pictures and poetry accompanying initial

rapture (9)

15 Harshly criticise first mixed-breed

dog in dorp (7)

17 Hide away and weep in disturbing

pent-housing (7)

18 See about friend in the area (7) 19 Drink up, I am starting to hassle

about being mischievous (6)

22 I have taken sides about organ (5)