THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Part of a braai is a tipsy bore

with limitless lies (6)

4 Fur flies between you and me, and the University of Cape Town regarding lifelong access and use of facilities (8) 9 Take a small amount of energy

to exercise (6)

10 Spread too much grey (8) 12 Martin’s joint becomes office of

university leader (8)

13 Cry loudly at hobo going off

with specs (6)

15 Easy — victims are brooding

shirks (7,5)

18 Delivery date to be convenient

for nudist’s cozzie (8,4) 21 Unrefined crust I take cold to

the end (6)

22 Moeruva klap from bloody brawl in outskirts of Bedfordview (4,4)

24 Travel until Aus to find mollusc

(8)

25 I’ve almost restrained a very

good deed (6)

26 Instruments make us silent (8) 27 A way everyone’s roses symbolise foremost flowers

(6) Down

1 Marque is hot exhibit (8) 2 Delights when bankie loses black

insects (8)

3 They don’t happen to mobilise

ISIS tip-off (15)

5 Preserve small road ... (4)

6 ... over a long time, in favour of

animals’ ages (3,7,5)

7 States hop around the family (6) 8 Drumming in design that will

never leave you (6)

11 Squirms about ‘gifted student’

at first (7)

14 Sweet dorp shaken after

getting stick (7)

16 Entire drill goes flat out (4-4) 17 Caretakers cook a radish

oddly (8)

19 Did Keating run Australia confined in this little town in Namibia? (6)

20 Shrewd when trading original

New Zealand bakkie (6) 23 Launch hotel website address

(4)