CRYPTICCROSSWORD

No 2968

ACROSS

1 It only takes a minute to dance (6) 8 Reserved it at the Centre for you (8) 9 Be seen with a sheepish look and become like an ox (6) 10 Give praise but receive little thanks from some hanger-on (8) 11 To plant it I’m to show love to Sam (6) 12 That’s a mean way to nominate someone (4) 13 Intended to be niggardly after tea (5) 16 For the bargains Les goes to South Australia (5) 19 Resound in the choir (4) 21 Playful but does have strings attached (6) 22 My mother takes a lute and plays it at the Final (8) 23 Airs are taken out and then put in to dried fruit (6) 24 Gave claim to it when it was let out in the end (8) 25 Egged on to cook it? (6)

DOWN

2 I’d meet Lois, begin emotionally and say how much I love her (7) 3 Seen with a lion but isn’t really there (7) 4 How to trap a lot of panthers (6) 5 Play the game that way Sir, and you’ll see what isn’t there (7) 6 Clear it out and make way for the music (7) 7 Masters the way they appear to be seen flowing (7) 13 It doesn’t take long for them to be recorded at meetings (7) 14 Get it at an AA meeting and it will cause quite a stir (7) 15 It takes a meter to record its destructive ability (7) 17 Is gone out in a way that will appear to be painful (7) 18 I get fed when frozen in this big building (7) 20 You carry things too far, above all at such a party (6)

R60 PRIZE

SOLUTION TO No 2966: The winners were Chris Campbell of kloof and A Booth of Westville.