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THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Coward made loud noise then

broke off (9)

6 Announceme­nt of being in the top

rankings but gave up (5)

9 Old duck, at first around for

daughter, cheated husband (7) 10 Same fun - or I’m going crazy

(7)

11 Briefly fry in South Africanaus­tralian bakkie (5)

12 Terrible bore got in, starting

again (9)

13 Present person cares for those

with TB (5)

14 Moving impatientl­y, throw around “endlessly dour Northern Cape” (9)

17 Hands over to representa­tives

(9)

18 Quietly drive to lions (5) 19 Brandy found in stony river

crossing? (9)

22 Approves nothing, yaks all over

the place (5)

24 Start to laugh at drug price

increase (5,2)

25 Ban Lolita? I am her now and

again across the ages (3-4) 26 Catches ship carrying horse (5) 27 Bad, bad old Milan - churning of

the stomach (9)

Down

1 Supports flyhalf and those around

him (5)

2 New court about to end all

regularly at night (9)

3 Deride the setter? Right, get a

no-good backfire (9) 4 Country’s demand for religious

group (5,2,8)

5 Robertson musk ad shot on

Garden Route beach (9,6) 6 Toxic air of inner-city (5) 7 Trendy, wearing semi-dior

sarong (5)

8 Rabble-rouser made out with

rogue – good for Resistance (9) 13 Team thrills special friends (9) 15 Aristocrat­ic male hosts expert

with pleasure (2,7)

16 Copy one note initially, then

abate into chaos (9)

20 Church is in charge with a

Women’s Auxiliary (5) 21 Noblemen fees overwhelm

king (5)

23 Small spring can get bigger (5)

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