The Citizen (Gauteng)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Sailors note this poor impression in paper (3-5,4) 8. Plaything and silver penny once found in tube (3,4) 9. Temporary modern expression I introduced (7) 11. Design a pic with mother representi­ng something else (10) 12. Manage to acquire one derelict building (4) 14. Piece of mutton, cold, consumed in exotic gardens (5-3) 16. Thin, primarily weak and awfully teary (6) 17. Period covered by diary at regular intervals (3) 19. Young woman who comes out to run for one in red (6) 21. Chap accepts new offer in return for half of bill (8) 24. Amateur orchestra on top of that (4) 25. Postponed second dance inspired by the duke (10) 27. Father’s saving energy with each area of salty water (4,3) 28. Complete unit in green? It needs to be rebuilt (7) 29. Ada concealed informatio­n following secret ulterior motive (6,6)

Down

1. Less heavy water transporte­r (7) 2. Wife loves doing PE, prepared for game (4,6) 3. What balls are usually multifacet­ed? (3-5) 4. Bring out English officer to tour here in France (6) 5. Little child shows great strength, by the sound of it (4) 6. Divert old truck following king and queen (7) 7. Canaan represents old man’s pride (8,4) 10. Banks for instance seize power from usurpers (12) 13. Smooth cocktail nearly finished flyer (4,6) 15. Barricade mare (3) 18. Cynthia trained first to go sailing (8) 20. Indian rice mother drenched in British white wine (7) 22. Italian city displays longboat, minus stern (7) 23. Party chief’s sphere of activity (6) 26. Second-hand part turns up in trade supplement (4)

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