SOWETAN CROSSWORD 2429

CROSS 1 Lover of one’s country, loyalist (7) 4 A viper with a black zigzag pattern along the back (5) 7 Disturbances by an unruly mob (5) 9 To guide in the wrong direction (7) 10 Rascal, brat (3) 11 A mixture used as coating for cakes (5) 12 Capable (4) 14 A room in a house for the special use of young children (7) 17 Rage (3) 18 Nonaccidental Injury (3) 19 He introduced potatoes to England in 1588, Sir Walter _ (7) 22 Cut off one’s _ to spite ones face (4) 24 To be _ to the teeth (4) 25 Chum (3) 26 To move towards in a threatening manner (7) 27 Obliterate (5) 28 To address with some form of salutation (5) 29 Explanations (7)

DOWN 1 Divider (9) 2 Double-crossers (3-6) 3 Meddle (6) 5 Currency of the Unite States (6) 6 Short for electronic mail (5) 8 Gesture (6) 13 On no account (2,2,5) 14 Wrongdoers (9) 16 Breathe out (6) 20 Introduce air into (7) 21 Hold up (6) 23 Neatness (5)

Friday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Raw data 4 Dear 6 Tired 8 Mansion 9 Orotund 10 As to 12 Await 14 Sights 16 Drone 18 Easel 20 Ours 22 Ageless 23 Adverse 24 Theme 25 Grin 26 Trodden

DOWN: 1 Rations 2 Warmonger 3 Armada 4 Despair 5 Aloft 7 Doubts 11 Stone-dead 13 Advent 15 Has-been 17 Eastern 19 Lament 31 Under