Crossword 2599

ACROSS

4 To liven by imbuing with new vigour (3,2)

7 Brainy (6)

8 Having or relating to a single pole (8)

9 A short talk intended to arouse enthusiam in a person or group (3,4) 13 Proportion (5)

14 Irish Republican Army (3) 15 Take care of, medicate (5) 16 A wild African horse with black-and-white stripes (5) 17 Rand Afrikaans Universiteit (3) 18 A group of related languages that include Xhosa, Zulu and Swazi (5)

19 A young person who is helped and taught by an older person (6)

23 Sin (8)

24 Afloat (6)

25 Chieftain: Overlord (5)

DOWN

1 William _ Modisane, writer of

Blame Me on History (5) 2 Expel a tenant from a property (5)

3 Harsh (5) 4 Photographers who specialise in taking candid photos of celebrities (9) 5 Pleasant to taste (9) 6 Pierce and make holes in (9) 9 Possible but not yet actual (9) 10 An unfavourable opinion formed without just grounds (9)

11 Lay at the door of; blame (9) 12 To provide with a kit of personal effects and necessities (3,2)

20 Regal (5)

21 Linger (5)

22 A social blunder (5)