SOWETAN CROSSWORD 2424

ACROSS

4 Surpass by doing or saying something better (5) 7 Blow one’s own _ (7) 8 Films: an actor temporarily hired for crowd scenes (5) 9 A sporting occasion involving competitions in several events (4) 11 Overcome with remorse (7) 14 Original name of Saint Peter (5) 15 Regarding, relating to (5) 16 Beast; savage (5) 18 Small; of little importance (5) 19 Belly, tummy (7) 23 Summit (4) 24 Having three dimensions (5) 25 Trivial object (7) 26 Daughter of one’s sister or brother (5)

DOWN

1 First sign of the zodiac (5) 2 Last letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 3 Very light brown colour (5) 4 Highly prized or valued (9) 5 Final urgent demand, offer or proposal (9) 6 Clear, evident (5) 10 Combine by addition (3) 12 Able to be lived in (9) 13 A line of unshaved hair above a man’s upper lip (9) 17 To crowd or pack (3) 18 A brown smooth oily nut with kernel similar to a walnut (5) 20 Growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man’s face (5) 21 To hold an opinion (5) 22 Margins, perimeters (5)

Friday’s solution

ACROSS:

5 Able 8 Homeland 9 Sang 10 Naught 11 Kneels 13 Yarn 16 Appropriate 19 Mars 22 Herald 24 Alaska 25 Tidy 26 Envisage 27 Foxy

DOWN:

1 Bonanza 2 Eerie 3 Banns 4 Odour 6 Blatant 7 Egg on 9 Shy 12 Lure 14 Spy 15 Fine 17 Paradox 18 Enlarge 19 Motif 20 Sly 21 Askew 22 Halve 23 Roost