THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

World class — and from our perspective, not that of the UK or USA

Multilingual — every crossword has one Afrikaans (marked A) and one isixhosa (marked X) word

Fresh & unique — compiled the previous week especially for the Mail & Guardian

Across

1 Small team rise but fail (5,2) 5 Networked and told stories

about AIS (7)

9 Judge computer work for repair

(5)

10 One’s terribly close, even begs

for triangle (9)

11 He is watching huge fuss about

first refusal (3,7)

12A Nauseous, dashed back to

nurse initial airsickness (4) 14 Vote back a grim head of

province (7,4)

18 Dance done with our folk not

wanted (8-3)

21 Detective overturn drug race

(4)

22 Cook her fat and ours at home

time (5,5)

25 Sort of digging the sexy reveal

that belongs to me (5,4)

26 Blockade is back for one last

time (5)

27 Burn scarlet regularly with

friend (7)

28 Forbidden to play or forbidden

to prepare to fight? (4,3)

Down

1 Cheat in software case for writer

(6)

2 Retreat with undergraduate into

free labour (6)

3 Irrigate lemon to form much

bigger fruit (10)

4 Dagga covers home tip (5) 5 Ladies feel as free and unbound

(9)

6 Bends over endless fight (4) 7 Put aside last fling on holiday

(4,4)

8 Just had food taken back? (8) 13 A chief first then finally

countless authorities rejected

by these people (10) 15 Quiet imp lost file on quality characteristic of product (5,4)

16 Cads have clue to be solved: Street walks dead! (3,2,3) 17 Freedom to choose a large account with fantastic rate (1,2,5) 19 Bring back book agent you and me find to be excellent (6)

20 A society bird is aft (6) 23 Upstanding before caught

(5)

24X Old quiet husband already starting to bleed (4)