SOWETAN CROSSWORD 2341

ACROSS

1 Pirouette (6) 5 Refuse to accept any longer relationship or connection to (6) 8 Skating on thin _ (3) 9 Unmarried (6) 10 Dastard (6) 11 Scattered over a surface (6) 13 Badly dressed; dowdy (6) 14 Scarcity (6) 16 An originator or creator (6) 18 A group of feathers on a bird (6) 20 A critical appraisal of a book, play or film in a publication (6) 22 To change direction abruptly (6) 23 To use badly or cruelly (3-3) 24 A small riding horse (3) 25 Requiring speedy action or attention (6) 26 The phenomena of the physical world collectively (6)

DOWN

2 One who exposes wrongdoing in an organisation (13) 3 Hazy (5) 4 Remain in bed after the normal time for getting up (3,2) 5 Short for decaffeinated (5) 6 Particles of wood formed by sawing (7) 7 A computer for creating, editing and printing documents (4,9) 12 Repartee (3) 15 A sense of deep regret (7) 17 Usefulness (3) 19 Exhausted (5) 20 Rule (5) 21 Manservant (5)

Yesterday ’ s solution

ACROSS:

2 Prescribe 8 Dogleg 9 Launch 10 Nee 11 Fracas 14 Raffle 18 Sucker-punch 21 Uptown 24 Lesson 26 Ago 27 Sitcom 28 Vernal 29 Proscribe

DOWN: 1 Nod off 3 Relic 4 Signs 5 Ruler 6 Bluff 7 Fuhrer 12 Adult 13 Askew 15 Azure 16 Focus 17 Fro 19 Guests 20 Anklet 22 Occur 23 Names 24 Lover 25 Scrub