SUPERQUICK CROSSWORD 1057

Entries must reach Contest Editor SuperQuick 1057, 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

3 Though versatile, is he liable to go to pieces? (3,2,5) 8 The trio’s playing as accompaniment to a girl (6) 9 Some crushed walnuts on the grass (4)

10 Big enough for a seance? (6,4)

11 Spot turned on him (3)

13 The rate is shown on page one (4)

14 Country road ran windingly (7)

15 An injection for the tot (4)

17 A measuring device for the dispenser (5) 20 Something to eat, for Olaf? (5)

22 Round about the figure there’s a light (4)

24 Acted oddly about being housed and made a fuss (7) 25 A piece of ivory will do (4)

27 The cat is, as monsieur said, after the duck (3)

28 ‘Tut, this isn’t the bitter I ordered’? (4,6)

29 How the book I inspired was dedicated? (4)

30 Went out boxed (6)

31 Promise sun to them on a cruise (6,4)

DOWN

1 Van? (8)

2 Simply marvellous as the minister (6)

3 Spoil most awfully the little creatures (7) 4 Help an upset girl (5)

5 Dossier responsible for the row (4)

6 Like the undamaged tent you can live in for nothing? (4-4) 7 What only the elite have for tea at Wimbledon? (4-4)

12 Also says, when one sums up (4)

14 A scrap with a cat (4)

16 Claimed to have grasped it (4)

17 And certainly not a big reduction (4,4)

18 Understand all will be dry (8)

19 By all accounts, made out a list (4)

21 The man put the minced pork in the boot (4-4)

23 The gold one in the smart cover is, in fact, not very good (7) 25 He’s a terrible bore, right? (6)

26 Left in a car by a lady (5)

28 Aim and get near (4)