THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

World class — and from our perspective, not that of the UK or USA

Multilingual — every crossword has one Afrikaans (marked a) and one isixhosa (marked x) word

Fresh & unique — compiled the previous week especially for the Mail & Guardian

Across

9 Able to leave Swartberg spaces

(5)

10 Suffering with potholes?

(2,1,3,3)

11 Friesland, finally with open and loud power, produces milk (5,4)

12 Jump aboard and keep buying

— ignore society (5)

13 Gym when old and get higher of

course (3,4)

15 Ilie Nãstase initially seems vulnerable but is unbeatable rival (7)

17 Formality after first term is

hackneyed (5)

18 Moving deftly, I trap animal (5) 20a Thing that is following Lear –

an odd youngster (7)

22 Girl and guy give singing

performance (7) 23 Characteristic route, but no,

son is excluded (5)

24 Guide glosses over resistance by half of Europe, as demanded by etiquette (2,7) 27 Nip European Union moan —

another complaint (9) 28 Attorney in Woolworths case

has lots of power (5)

Down

1 Gave untouchable service —

hurried but not a run (4)

2x I don’t know and I say why?

Answer, Unknown One! (8) 3 Spray poor stye regularly (4) 4 Aims nervously and quietly before husband meets death with no understanding (15) 5 “My dream ran OK” can be represented by this retail giant (7,8)

6 Chat about hurtling meteor,

instrument of speed (10) 7 Steals mop onboard (6)

8 Hear that fellow singing psalm (4) 13 Pressure — and the rest — creates a kind of leaf (5)

14 Nothing tidy – Team 1, move in single file! (3,2,1,4)

16 Denser veld involves wait

(5)

19 Takes care of publicity to raise development of sect (8) 21 Taken aback by confusion

in promotion (6) 23 Monkey chases tail of

elephant seal (4)

25 Stare at leaders of government — apologists wanting kickbacks (4) 26 Danger is in the heart of

Waterkloof (4)