THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Hats are gloomy and endlessly

gross (9)

9 Choose a quiet spot (7)

10 Capital gal about to rise

spectacularly (7)

11 Old deed was precise (5) 12 Note stove right in front of hideaway in place of refreshment (3,6)

13 We write back about little Free

State town (7)

15 Gutsy engine in reverse - so

brutal (5)

17 Thinks about ghetto sheltering

last ratel (5)

18 Nerds want depth, not width, in

labours (5)

19 Naked model accepts first

group prod (5)

20 Scoundrels are now and again

great socially. So? (7)

23 From stories about cane, mark

a pupil (9)

25 Husband, otherwise, is great (5) 27 Turned drastically to veer off in

final pass below Bosbokrand (7) 28 Sleepwear is close to restraint

(7)

29 Some Benedictines sat, I meditated about that half-cup (9)

Down

1 Small hotel behind Paternosterbaai Centre sinks (6)

2 Publication with article topples

Pondoland attraction (5,5) 3 Frenetically reset ANC decrees

again (2-6)

4 Totally destroyed when captured

by communist (5) 5 Music-maker performing with

aged in posh Jo’burg suburb (9) 6 Maintenance will rise and stay (6) 7 Turn to judge sick cat

intermittently (4)

8 Speaks about inner lure of

standings (8)

14 New arrival – save it

mischievously for stories (10) 16 Looted and managed to get

fired (9)

17 Trader was hard worker to

shore up larney car (8) 18 Passed on sexual excitement

with tie (4,4)

21 Warns Right getting drowned in

drink (6)

22 Pressure at Bench brings about

commitment (6)

24 These salts pose problem to

males (5)

26 Starts to lust uncontrollably, getting escape but leads to slippery slope (4)