The Citizen (Gauteng)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Police, disqualify­ing works, eject two individual­s (6,5) 9. Item at the conclusion of sonnet? (7) 10. A good number of drinks on the rocks (7) 11. Outfit 60pc correct (3) 12. Mollycoddl­e Unionist in Dingle after struggle (7) 13. Barters hot goods, spiking drinks (7) 14. Piece coming unstuck partially (3) 15. Female boards fast car in this Belgian city . . . (5) 17. . . . or this one, dropping off article for idiot (5) 18. Manager almost makes mistake (5) 20. Bulb needs current constantly circulatin­g (5) 22. Table visitor bit off tasty morsel (3) 24. In the evening, take a student to one side (7) 25. Prepare luncheon (not duck) in big underwater tube (7) 26. I take litres, becoming unwell (3) 27. Supervise poetry in Old English (7) 28. Irish doctor in a surgery gets emergency supplies (7) 29. Clever Dick and drunk party man hiding tons in ship (6-5)

Down

1. Establishm­ent members located in rallies around France? (8,7) 2. Leo strays into ugly wild wood at Christmas (4,3) 3. Explosive ingredient: some open it respectful­ly (5) 4. Get this in order to bring in yearly food (9) 5. Honest sanctimoni­ous type occupies dilapidate­d hut (7) 6. Model reddens with blue tone of risque puns? (6,9) 7. Job in theatre or a court in Gateshead (6) 8. A party to entertain daughter and son? Makes sense (4,2) 16. Exuding calm, ‘Neill met rebels (9) 18. Start to give everyone work in a hurry (6) 19. Land mass perturbs sea air around tip of Peru (7) 21. Poles collect cash over time, a very tiny amount (7) 23. Hints about extremely unusual flowers (6) 25. Put your hands together to squeeze small buckle (5)

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