THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

8 Heavenly room in air force

base (8)

9 Experience again backlash

from bad hesitation (6)

10 I love silk tapestry for captain

(6)

11 Rue confusion after woman encounters old supplement

(8)

12 Spread of people said to bring

back regular poor road (8) 13 Fly disheartened by new

smells from plant (6)

14 Hi wrecker, sneeze all over

the place (9,6)

18 The original key musical

phrase came at a cost (6) 20 Multiplied and consumed the

maximum (8)

23 Breakfast food enthrals British

intellectual (8) 24 Corresponded with a

European briefly, then died (6) 25 Find kung fu man ambling

about (6)

26 Dead centre of Crete has me

lost and unknown (8) Down

1 Our country’s riot turns into

enlightenment (6)

2 Tool succession was coming

up (8)

3 Lacking in pigment, a last cheverel receptacle gets nothing (6)

4 Countries overrun with nuts, or

producing fruit? (6,9)

5 I leave school and judges back

move (8)

6 Blonde is negligent, lands in

vlei (6)

7 Deliveries to business good,

but do too well (8)

15 Talk about axe with you in

villa (8)

16 Cursed a student supporting

trendy plant (8)

17 Amen! True conversion can

count (8)

19 Cold top in charge raises

tempo (3,3)

21 Ancient R.A.U. master’s

included lots of stress (6) 22 Others hold alternative

hypothesis (6)