Crossword

mosimanem@sowetan.co.za

ACROSS

1 A person with access to exclusive information (7)

5 Go after and bring back (5)

8 Offensive to accepted standards of decency (7)

9 Purge (3)

10 Light blow (3)

11 Glimmer (4)

12 Fit to be eaten (6)

15 Zenith (3)

17 Outmanoeuvre (5)

18 A nocturnal bird of prey (3)

20 Accoutrements (6)

22 Acquisition Plan Review Board (4)

24 A young man (3)

25 Currency of Japan (3)

26 Natives or inhabitants of Lesotho (7)

27 Strainer (5)

28 Accumulated (5,2)

DOWN

2 Temporary substitute (7)

3 Having little or no integrity (13)

4 The hollow jointed stalk of the tall grasses that grow in swamps (4)

5 A temporary hospital set up near a battled (7)

6 Pound (5)

7 A row of shrubs forming a boundary to a yard or field (7)

10 A pastry case with a filling (4)

13 A binding custom or practice of a community (3)

14 A pen which houses pigs (3) 16 Exercise one’s discretion (3)

18 Dark reddish-brown colour (7)

19 The rendered and clarified fat from a pig used in cooking (4)

20 Gorge or chasm (5)

21 Under emotional strain (5)

23 As Soon As Possible (4)