SUPERQUICK CROSSWORD 1014

Entries must reach Contest Editor

SuperQuick 1014, 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 Put out, mind about the arrest (7)

5 Uninteresting in taste, I had found (7)

9 Knock one down, have to leave fast (5)

10 What the vandals in the art gallery do? (3,3,3)

11 When put back, will go round in space (6)

12 Cupid deceives the pretty girls (8)

14 She wrote the one about the heartless niece (5)

15 Given a drink, he becomes inflexible (9)

18 Rather stupid? That’s going too far, isn’t it? (1,3,5)

20 The ice isn’t firm (5)

22 Pop, somehow, into a position that’s suitable (8)

24 Put the floor covers back again in the water (6)

26 He won’t drink tea in bars! That would be ridiculous! (9)

27 Change the rope for the Cockney (5)

28 Give your approval at last, or half seem to (7)

29 The lever from “27” Ed tampered with (7)

DOWN

1 The char isn’t working when I go in for her (9)

2 The two worried pets I carried in the tube (7)

3 “Suffered” didn’t go far enough (9)

4 Every penny goes on fruit (4)

5 How quickly it can be seen they’re both right? (2,3,5)

6 Because there’s something wrong, came, taking the morning off (5)

7 The bit left I get on with (7)

8 The man is followed home (5)

13 Idiot! I can set off to get help! (10)

16 The very good wood, treats differently (5-4)

17 About some air composed in it: a well-known song (4,5)

19 The little scamp, anyhow, does put it on (7)

21 Made a fuss when about a quarter were put in boxes (7)

22 Hand out tea and it does diminish (5)

23 Step back when I take the animals out (5)

25 Shot right through at a fast pace (4)