THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Establish everything on the other side of popular thoroughfare (7) Monkey about loco and other public transport (7)

Old Marine leader shoots fellow mediator (9)

10 Meneer points to temptress (5) 11 Bill has endless understanding in First Grade, responding to

... (13)

13 ... ten ‘lions’ trying to be defiant

(8)

15 Drove along street to circle (6) 17 Nice assimilation of hymn and

improvisation (6)

19 He rose as awkwardly as a male

who gives birth (8)

22 Ban live reminder to add flavouring and to put this on your braai (8,5)

25 A large weapon instils fear (5) 26 Running away from work in

group (9)

27 Praise even the ou’s girl (7) 28 Nude res excites final recipient

(3,4)

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9 Down

1 Report lazy hero (4) 2 Replacement paths — are other roads and tracks superior to them? (7)

African fig, doringboom and kiepersol primarily used for lean-to (5)

Makes fun of light and so on, unfortunately (8)

Led astray after prison and taper (6)

Desperate ending in front of trench (4-5)

Sculptor carved in brine (7) Random guess: no gay temples? (10)

12 Heading north I hurt — first big ache about American coast (5,5)

14 Boy is full of energy — geesh he

loves women’s company (6,3) 16 Base note affects tones (8)

18 A Rolls Royce lugs debt (7) 20 Dagga cigarettes are amazingly free in student accommodation (7)

21 Draw rolling lea to river (6) 23 Turn over page found in shifting

dune (5)

24 Sit around before first

revolutionary commotion (4)

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