SOWETAN CROSSWORD 2459

ACROSS:

1 SA’s “Father of the African novel”_ Abrahams (5) 3 Moral values (6) 8 Shaft for propelling a boat (3) 11 Past tense of speak (5) 12 Vestment worn by a priest (3) 13 Abbreviation for et cetera 14 Held sway (5) 15 Mischievous child (3) 17 Second presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly (6,7) 18 What’s left over after a fire (3) 20 A planned social occasion (5) 21 Applied Behaviour Analysis (3) 23 Ornamental sphere (3) 24 Maxim (5) 25 Colorant (3) 26 Cry of joy at a discovery (6) 27 Alexandre _, French writer of high adventure classics (5)

DOWN:

1 Writing that is not poetry (5) 2 The euphemistic name of the apartheid era pass book (9,4) 4 Socially or economically discriminated against (13) 5 Plea of being somewhere else when a crime was committed (5) 6 Slumber (5) 7 Autobiography of 1 Across (4,7) 9 Appropriateness (7) 10 Republic Of China (3) 20 First novel by a black writer published internationally (4,3) 18 Endure (5) 19 Greek poet who penned The

Odyssey about 800BC (5) 21 Assistance (3) 22 A chorus of “amen” (5) 1```2~~34`5`6 `~~~`~7~`~`~` 890~`~`~`~`~` -````~`~=``~` q``~w````~er` ~`~~`~`~`~~`~ t```````````` ~`~~`~`~`~~`~ y`u~i````~o`p `~[``~`~]```` `~`~`~`~`~\`` `~`~`~`~`~~~` a`````~~s```` Friday’s solution: ACROSS: 1 Opec 3 Implored 7 Charity 8 Gaols 10 Act 11 Voice 13 Leo 14 Urn 15 Narwhales 16 Big 18 Eve 20 Piety 22 Ail 23 Sinai 24 Radiate 25 Ruefully 26 Tank DOWN: 1 Occupy 2 Cargo 4 Maybe 5 Riotously 6 Design 8 Galilee 9 Ace 11 Vengeance 12 Israeli 16 Bursar 17 Squeak 19 Via 20 Peril 21 Taint