The Citizen (Gauteng)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across 1. Senior ministers in taxi I catch (7) 5. Nothing special in new moral order (6) 9. He works with hard scores in some orchestras (7) 10. Tussle with wild steer, introducin­g lasso at first (7) 11. Resin found in Blackpool (3) 12. Study of shy bats in campsite abroad (11) 13. Odds on getting sick in shed? (5) 14. 14 Down in S. Korean capital met new umpire about 1st of June (3,6) 16. Long for a new toccata initially here in church (5,4) 17. He may stop you in Dublin for some Italian water (5) 19. Inconsider­ate yet let out on ship (11) 22. A rainbow coalition’s leaders or the rainbow itself (3) 23. Bounder’s saying nothing about current element (7) 24. Night flyer’s almost primeval, horrible (7) 26. Kid’s drawer made of carbon fibre (6) 27. Drink in pack at Murrayfiel­d? Pity it’s gone off (7) Down 1. Cloud beginning to cover unopened burial mound (7) 2. It makes pale peach wig blonder after treatment (9,6) 3. Fool overturned can (3) 4. Hawk catches river fish (5) 5. Fresh run on paper for Daily Mail? (9) 6. Shrill and grasping government deposed (5) 7. Opposition to growth in Maritime Alps crumbled, I gathered (4-11) 8. Old chap announced tourist attraction in Iceland (6) 12. No meal’s cooked without a sweet fruit (5) 14. Player notices husband overcoming resistance (9) 15. KGB spy ignores borders and drives (5) 16. They’re lined up in bar for light study (6) 18. I left Michael working on unknown so-called science (7) 20. Stern and bottom of ferry in need of a clean (5) 21. Earl fancies giving away ring for Tolkien’s folk (5) 25. Spoil horse with no tail (3)

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