Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Pointer towards a snappy testimonia­l (5-9)

10 Tuck front of the foot back inside fat dancer’s outfit (7)

11 Reply if church service overtakes post office’s (7) 12 Public unit’s private hints (9)

13 Animal rammed headfirst into cast-iron (5) 14 Adolescent Norman starting after golf stick (4) 15 Juvenile to mock nude fashion (5-3)

19 Bet crackers swallowed by parrot give it a paunch (3-5)

20 Small parties of disporting seals? (4) 24 Plunderext­ra working hours from machine (5) 26 Ship of the desert roamed dry parts (9) 27 Eastern limits set in superior belief (7)

28 Made it rain after launching Molotov cocktail (7)

29 Shiftless orders pen tune about the origins of rightwing rebellion (14)

DOWN

2 Australian native fancied svelte US leader (9)

3 Song of the poor house (6) 4 Blushing individual transforme­d (6) 5 Afro-wearing number going cheap (3,1,4)

6 Variety of pear tree makes a comeback (8)

7 Fruit carried by banana ship (5)

8 Looks at mineral extraction as a blot on the landscape (7)

9 Just about to slam dance (6)

16 Worship commercial discourse (9)

17 Critter’s hobbled and bound (8)

18 Russian is gloomy during viral upset (8)

19 Person acquiring real value, enviously named upstart (7)

21 Block suspicious items outside railway terminal (6) 22 Shaper of previous times (6)

23 Suit a male person to take a university course (6) 25 Brother in red centre finds salt water (5)

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