THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Luxuriousness comes from lots of

Sterling, Rand, Euros ... (8)

5 I endlessly race around American

high-flier (6)

9 Most importantly, Jabu loved Sally

without limits (5,3)

10 Initial component of charge is for

drink (6)

12 Bird returns gold to container (5) 13 Ultimately absurd cunning snake has way of becoming target of those wanting trips! (9) 14 Gave careful attention to prisoner with little money who got judged (12)

18 Brawl to carry back tangled net

with micronutrient (5,7) 21 Tigers ... and slippery slopes (9) 23 Flooded area with cinders (5) 24 Refuge is unknown in a ghetto

(6)

25 Hasty and destroy report with

minor (8)

26 Balance flat cup without first

checking (4,2)

27 Set out to spread anger and

alienate (8)

Down

1 Regularly glue airers in plant (6) 2 A second English degree for this

cell (6)

3 Drone crashed having travelled

far (4,1,4)

4 Lug about final booty, and left dodging around overlooked relation (4,8)

6 Small eruption at church ball (5) 7 Umpire right, does the job and

changes direction (8)

8 Parents adopting pets raise daughters filled with a heart of passion (8)

11 Experts on the board ... or just

oldies on the run? (12) 15 Marauder managed to join

person who did the firing (9) 16 Buck neat arrangement and do

nothing (8)

17 Immobilize ears and play around

(8)

19 Scottish mountain absorbs

refreshment like a whale (6) 20 Pure carbon and hydrogen - a

set apart (6)

22 Heaven starts in Zwide, under

loving upbringing (5)

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