Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

- CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Revolution­ary polish by half the slim young babes (8)

5 Is holding trade to high standards (6)

10 Drunk turns to pick out drunk (7)

11 Pasture in this place concealed sack (7) 12 Mandarin Chinese leadership meet Lenin in disarray (10)

13 Moaned about back-seat model (4)

15 Crazy mother roused Cain (6)

16 Left shaft to play a part (7) 19 Meshes outrageous capture of crowned head with plots (7)

21 Direct affairs of some taking over nation (6)

25 Oaf seeks fortune outside university (4) 26 Funeral cup upset every early morning message (4-2,4)

28 Made certain that side run out (7)

29 Mountainee­rs join female inside hot springs (7)

30 Box in retirement after extremely scientific fights (6) 31 No employment for one with endless training (8)

DOWN

1 A cock’s head buried beneath pet cemetery (8) 2 Oriental festival on the first of November (7)

3 Prune diced and peeled and still not ready! (10) 4 Completely swallowed by Dorothy’s dog (2,4)

6 Staff upgraded married quarters for boarders (4) 7 Middle class American lawyer took the handicappe­d for a public walk (7)

8 Hats he designed for figure-hugging dress (6) 9 Acidity damaging to man’s spirit (7)

14 Mere potash spoilt the ambience (10)

17 Pays off radicals to contain conflict (7)

18 Finding two articles on the sly is unusual (8)

20 Making curries a pleasure craft (7)

22 More than enough to follow next core specimen (7) 23 Gifts of unfashiona­ble clothes (6)

24 Let some ends be seen in metal (6)

27 Muffle sound of knock (4)

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