THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7 A final appeal to small

singers (5)

8 Huge bombs fall in gas

on me (9)

10 I am black and I not-half rate this instrument (6) 11 Drinks to revolutionary equality, not unknown ‘dawn of Socialism’

(8)

12 Left gap to be window

(8)

13 Anxious with ham-handed gynaecologist’s grip (4)

15 Network scam

involved cameras (7) 17 Love in ‘relaxed’ moss is a diffusive process ... (7)

20 ... in the thick of a million and one extreme dalliances (4) 22 KZN place of longing?

(8)

25 Expert artist has evil heart - case of resentment upon show, oddly (8) 26 Spoil me on island (6) 27 Cricketer about to exist on staple Chinese diet (5,4) 28 Spin Jack to face

relative (5)

Down

1 Foxes and vixens hold mass behind chimney! (9)

2 Alcohol is ticklish, taking in the bigger picture (8) 3 Yesterday’s band upstaged the French (7)

4 Spreads prohibition, with question set apart (8)

5 Sticking in, piercing

swallow (6)

6 Watch out when duck is

very quiet at first (5) 9 Husband has a look for

ring (4)

14 Take direct angle (9) 16 Second-rate doctor comprehends nothing concerning ... (8) 18 ... rash of unconscious and delirious baker (8) 19 Smear son quietly with last of paint

in lake (7)

21 It is the second time I have purpose

(6)

23 Many, no doubt, are dead (4) 24 Runners beat the hell out of life ...

and died (5)