THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Jams were hard, we hear, on

board ship (6)

5 Stern bribe with no frills, extremely loathsome and nasty (8)

9 Official piece of furniture – cold

abstract art (10)

10 UK Conservative leaves loo as a

result of eruption (4)

11 Seaside resort hotel next to a good area – needs to be seen again (4,4)

12 Answer is about return run (6) 13 Care about piece of land (4) 15 Fine move around a vehicle in

river (8)

18 Later twist in felt abuse (8) 19 My silence on travel (4) 21 Second key opening classrooms in transitional school (5,1)

23 Designates spot to be covered

by organs (8)

25 Potassium first found in chest

(4)

26 Climate dip is controversial and

involved (10)

27 Lord, you have smaller following, but are without equal (8)

28 Get rid of fees, of corruption

(3,3)

Down

2 Be quiet for the endless, regular

upload (5)

3 Liberate a man to become an

independent force (4,5) 4 Complain in picturesque Albertinia

(6)

5 Mythical jungle creature plays aft

with Noah’s trapeze (6,2,3,4) 6 Revolutionary do-gooder? (8) 7 Sound but complicated timeline (5)

8 Influences bar times (9)

14 Child has a mother to lie about

tea plant (9)

16 Make even worse grave – a gat

in disarray (9)

17 Give details of banks of Danube

to writer (8)

20 Loud shake-up around posh

rewards (6)

22 Magical Tree a consumer? (5) 24 Crayfish hiding in last Laaiplek

shoal (5)