SOWETAN CROSSWORD 2452

ACROSS 3 Brush aside as of little concern (5,3) 7 Thrifty (6) 8 Jot (4) 9 Done without interruption or pause (7) 10 Not here (4) 12 A repetition or imitation of a sound (4) 17 To be defeated or to fall dead in combat (4,3,4) 18 To sharpen by grinding on stone (4) 23 An opening that allows air to pass out (4) 25 The competitive struggle in the working world (3,4) 26 A long accompanied song for solo voice (4) 27 Kindly (6) 28 Accidentally (2,6) DOWN 1 A missile shot from bow (5) 2 Pain (5) 3 Skew (5) 4 Direction (5) 5 Whine (5) 6 Retrieve (5) 11 Ablaze (5) 13 A hereditary class in Hindu society (5) 14 The female of a bird (3) 15 Coy (3) 16 Bustling activity (3) 19 Tough (5) 20 Drivel (5) 21 Blemish (5) 22 Elephantine (5) 23 Jules _, author of Journey to the Centre of the Earth (5) 24 Aristocratic (5)