Quiz Crossword
1 Chart (3) 2 Mr Mailer, author (6) 3 Landed property (6) 4 Disregard (6) 5 Profitable (8) 6 Any illness or disease (8) 8 Earnest request or petition (8) 9 Mercy or leniency (8) 12 Stress or emphasis (6) 13 Royal crown (6) 14 Straightforward (6) 19 So or thus (3) Down: - 1 Memento. 2 Senor. 3 Amen. 4 Austere. 5 Reprisal. 6 Gentle. 11 Mackerel. 12 Preheat. 13 Ratings. 15 Barium. 17 Alias. 19 Hoop.
- 1 Rack. 3 Supervisor. 10 Summits. 11 Acreage. 12 Overt. 13 Original. 15 Satire. 16 Tea caddy. 19 Villainy. 21 Fan out. 24 Solstice. 26 Infer. 28 Idolise. 29 Lumbago. 30 Go to ground. 31 Ides. Down: - 1 Responsive. 2 Comment. 4 Upshot. 5 Examiner. 6 Verdi. 7 Seaward. 8 Reek. 9 Victoria. 14 Mysterious. 17 Charisma. 18 Anti-hero. 20 Lookout. 22 Offhand. 23 Berlin. 25 Swing. 27 Wing. 1 1980 novel by Fay Weldon (8) 5 “The World According to …”, 1976 novel by John Irving (4) 9 and 21 Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) 10 Adolf Hitler’s mistress and later wife (3,5) 11 1982 novel by James A. Michener (5) 12 The … Sea is that part of the Pacific Ocean between N Australia and SW New Guinea (7) 13 Brian De Palma film starring Michael Caine as Doctor Robert Elliott (7,2,4) 18 “The … …”, 1946 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat (5,3) 19 Semiaquatic musteline mammal whose fur is highly valued (4) 20 Aaron Lipstadt film starring Klaus Kinski as Dr. Daniel (7) 21 See 9 22 Arvo, Estonian composer born in 1935 (4) 23 Paul, 19th Century French poet whose volumes include Poèmes saturniens (8) 2 City in Rajasthan, India that was the capital of the kingdom of Mewar (7) 3 … I, Holy Roman Emperor 1745-1765 (7) 4 1954 novel by Ian Fleming (4,3,3,3) 6 Kriss, 1990 Commonwealth men’s 400m hurdles champion (7) 7 Greyish-brown duck, Anas acuta, with slender pointed wings and a pointed tail (7) 8 Claudio, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra 1979-87 (6) 13 Marcel, Dadaist painter and sculptor whose works include 1930’s L.H.O.O.Q. (7) 14 South American republic whose capital is Quito (7) 15 Soft-finned food fish such as the sockeye of the Pacific Ocean (6) 16 Capital of Uganda (7) 17 Harry, silent movie star whose films included Picking Peaches and The Cat’s Meow (7) Across: - 1 Deer Hunter. 7 Lendl. 8 Nkrumah. 10 Comanche. 11 Onyx. 13 Wicked!. 15 Hirsch. 17 Drin. 18 Vuillard. 21 Whalley. 22 Erato. 23 Fortinbras. Down: - 1 Denim. 2 Erlangen. 3 Honshu. 4 Nord. 5 Edmonds. 6 Black Widow. 9 Hexahedron. 12 Killdeer. 14 Chicago. 16 Runyon. 19 Adams. 20 Flat. Die Van Aardes van Grootoor into a play which ran for 18 months in Joburg and now the sprawling soapie has been transformed into a musical with book and lyrics by Uys, who also directs.
Godfrey Johson has created the new music and it will star Natasha van der Merwe, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Caely-Jo Levy, Dean Roberts, Tankiso Mamabolo, Clarissa Roodt, Shalima Mkongi and Louw Breytenbach.
There is singing and dancing and acting, mostly in Afrikaans.
Die Van Aardes van Grootoor runs at the Theatre on the Bay until January 9 – no shows on Sunday or today, December 25 and 26 or January 1. It runs at 145 minutes with a 15-minute interval and no children under the age of five are allowed.