The Citizen (Gauteng)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Profit from jewellery items, taking note for rupees (8) 5. Potato slices, cooked with eel, could be priceless (6) 9. Heath in Morocco? (8) 10. Acres certain to be plentiful (6) 12. Stagger round potty (4) 13. Widower and son rebuilt feature in cathedral (4,6) 15. Remarkable additional gold coin given by Yankee (13) 19. You can bet on them to pay for dance on revolution­ary yacht (8,5) 23. Entire game appears in a Parisian commercial (10) 25. Model for a hairstyle (4) 28. Here the French catch cold — it depends on house (6) 29. Pity about poor Croat, an official in Brussels (8) 30. Shout for more in flamenco recital (6) 31. Upturn concerning Coventry after conservati­onists leave (8)

Down

1. Some predetermi­ned trimming for ceremonial robes (6) 2. Bouncers start to tackle crowd of sleepers here (5) 3. I dally in odd places for no particular purpose (4) 4. Canal boat beginning to deviate in choppy lagoon (7) 6. Religious teacher worked in Caribbean with cane (5) 7. Off-roader damages circling police vehicles (5,4) 8. Teams adopt procedure, but not forwards (8) 11. Dread female auditor (4) 14. Try crackers that have been sent up (4) 15. Self-centred person, eastern Gulf Arab, oddly arch (9) 16. Painting originally observed in Louvre (3) 17. Press club (4) 18. Levi suffers a bit when climbing without restraint (8) 20. Latin poetry? It’s a rich source (4) 21. Dare to begin again under pressure (7) 22. Cunning needed to obtain old newspaper without fuss (6) 24. Sovereign that’s found in schoolbag (5) 26. Nearly overlook fake (5) 27. Son rings about trainee’s singular performanc­e (4)

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