Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

- CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Books health centre before homeless people (6) 4 Make out copper, he is involved in price fixing (8) 10 Rotten time to grow young (9)

11 Climber joined the Brazilian army (5)

12 Caber tossing couple (5) 13 Crude oil has its case for mouthwash (9)

14 Point to fumes from wine bars (7)

15 Removed all traces of Red Sea parting (6) 19 Unanchored commercial break (6)

21 Most proud of leaving natives restless (7) 25 Number present for the first matter (9)

27 Burn off on the outskirts of a city (5)

28 Funny comedian lost the dim and the deep (5)

29 Guy with interwoven lacing and shackling (9) 30 Set at odds a whole class? (8)

31 Climb a trail left by an animal (6)

ACROSS

1 Put money into an enterprise (6)

4 Swiss city, headquarte­rs of the Olympic movement (8) 10 Splenetic, malignant (9) 11 Instil, inculcate (5)

12 Coral animal (5) 13 Requiremen­t of rule or etiquette (9)

14 Small antelope (7)

15 Make gloomy (6) 19 Involuntar­y response (6) 21 Counterfei­t (7) 25 Self-possession, aplomb (9)

27 Smoked back and sides of a hog (5)

28 Bishop’s headwear (5) 29 Question and answer session (9)

30 Subtle difference­s in meaning (8)

31 Edible shellfish (6)

DOWN

1 Am nothing before Lincoln comes up, or something minute (6)

2 Polish-Lao hybrid livestock (7)

3 Plot had the French couple stripping cafe of Canadian sign (5-4)

5 Lunge madly and force to swallow (6)

6 Isolated plot of land already rented? (5)

7 Get wind of seeds, oddly seen as transport for the departed (7)

8 Verge on bubbling soda during journey (8)

9 Final demand made over garish washcloth (7)

16 Gives up arena after cutting back on weight (9) 17 Undergradu­ate beat egghead to a dressing gown (8)

18 Sea sick and have a leaning towards the London docks? (4,3)

20 Most genuine beer amongst the others (7) 22 Grand stand in green (7) 23 Spice up cracker with bean topping (6)

24 Sir resolved that king hit is gutless (6)

26 Party line can go haywire (5)

QUICK DOWN

1 Flare up (6)

2 Ice cream flavour (7) 3 Prized example of its type (9)

5 State to be true, affirm (6) 6 Hindu god (5) 7 Open-faced golf club (7) 8 One and all (8)

9 Light fluffy dish made with egg yolks (7)

16 Wrangling dispute (4-5) 17 First year student (8) 18 German castle used as a WWII POW camp (7) 20 Zealot, extremist (7) 22 Acknowledg­ement of payment (7)

23 Capable of moving freely (6)

24 Reply (6)

26 Fast (5)

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