SUPERQUICK CROSSWORD 960

Entries must reach Contest Editor SuperQuick 960, Top of the Times PO Box 11, Cape Town 8000 or e-mail tott@inl.co.za by midday on Wednesday. The first correct entry drawn wins R100, the next three R50 each. Winners are announced next week.

NOTE: Please include your postal address and contact number with your entry.

ACROSS

1 The badly-lit vehicle backed out into the sea (6)

5 “Not Quite Last”, running loose, hems “The Doc” in (6)

8 Spouted views fine to an agitator (5)

9 From Cuba the German went to China (6)

10 Not only, it seems, inequitable (6)

11 Incline to believe, wrongly that is, de trop (5)

14 Poem written by Father Albert (8)

16 Land, one day, in the money (6)

18 How information is given to one by a doubtful assessor? (3,4,3,5) 20 A servant for the producer (6)

22 Travel to W India with an American woman (2,6)

25 Misdial a number first, which is logical (5)

27 One that, in France, is matchless (6)

28 In the book, turn in a woman and a man (6)

29 One takes the car out and it’s very fast (5)

30 Once upon a time, put the wrong figure on the volume (6) 31 Money it takes a model six months to make (6)

DOWN

1 With one’s resentment aroused, give support (4,2) 2 A diminutive catch (4)

3 Ban “29” from running in Australia (8) 4 It keeps going after it’s reached its destination (10,5)

5 Left in a dust-storm, with no children (6)

6 The burden America carries is (4)

7 He painted the giant one inside (6)

12 He is, in the test, resolved to put up a battle (7)

13 By roundabout ways, gets the reds out after the disturbances (7) 15 Only about two-fifths of the onion beer (5)

17 Cut back – right back – in it further (5)

19 And in darts-playing it’s the criterion (8)

20 Stupefy the birds to be caught (6)

21 Go back, using the return half, and turn the priest in (6)

23 From the letter-heading, Reade turns out to be a businessman (6) 24 Heel the composer is said to be (4)

26 Too stupid to be cutting (4)

SOLUTIONS TO 959:

Across: 1 Secretaire. 6 Chic. 10 Consent. 11 Violets. 12 Spray-guns. 13 Drape. 14 Divan. 15 Daredevil. 17 Redshanks. 20 Uhlan. 21 Clink. 23 Good sense. 25 Offence. 26 Chimera. 27 Yard. 28 Stalingrad.

Down: 1 Socks. 2 Contrived. 3 Every inch a king. 4 Astound. 5 Reviser. 7 Hyena. 8 Castellan. 9 Loaded question. 14 Directory. 16 Volunteer. 18 Neglect. 19 Stoical. 22 Infer. 24 Eland.

SOLUTIONS 959

Winners: R100 – Hilton O’Connor R50 – A.M Webb; Peter Henshall; Victor Morris