THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Chew on Mother’s special tea,

hiding nervous twitch (9) 6 Drive away returning outcast (5) 9 Disguised signs in death (7) 10 Caricature of Jumbo’s

departure (4-3)

11 Mean fish rejects treat even (6) 12 Catch return or one-way to

city (8)

14 Managed ultimately to find

money (4)

15 The buck stops finally about mistake, but they don’t pay (10)

18 I’m OK for fee charged for hot

drink ... (10)

20 Dress when returning to holy

teaching (4)

23 I am next to the river camp,

with no power (8) 24 Provocative movement is able

to overpower Government (6) 26 New Age making place hot

amazingly while time flies (7) 27 Needle — honour Left at one’s

last reportback (7)

28 Goes down nearest and not

caught (5)

29 Repeatedly rue dig, sadly,

which is expected (2,7) Down

1 Rommel sat disconsolately in

confusion (9)

2 Disheartened pet overwhelmed by scary noise from branch

(7) )

3 Shindig over bag’s colour (6) 4 Helps servants reject initial

manipulations (4)

5 Putting down the East after the

UN struggles over Article (10) 6 Talk Lego, interestingly, at

meeting (8)

7 Taunt fine in show (7)

8 Arm found in sack (5)

13 Novel Green Tooth showed the

way (10)

16 Spoke long ago about local

with right to sail (9)

17 Draws small boats

19 Eastern politician has

deceptively sly old uses (7) 21 I have pursued chief to library

(7)

22 Good-for-nothing can spoil

your breakfast (3,3) 23 Standard I had expected after

laborious beginnings (5) 25 Score over five but fluff our

catches (4)