The Citizen (KZN)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Somebody in Hollywood shoots sailor (4,4)

5. Told to lie in sun in close-fitting bodice (6)

9. Line up on time for display in Badminton (8)

10. Amateur oddly like fighter in compound (6)

12. Parrot that follows delta (4)

13. Forger boycotts old wives’ tale, so I hear (10)

15. Check flower’s second appearance (13)

19. Large injection in dam aged disc felt fine, applied by me (4-9)

23. Hot couscous mixed with pressure and some trickery (5-5)

25. More than one round fossil, second half missing (4)

28. Yank operating flame-thrower? (6)

29. Illegal tunnel here and there getting gruesome (8)

30. Left a box Liberal abandoned not long ago (6)

31. Doctor replies with a framework for training (8)

Down

1. Farmer initially has more unusual hay perhaps (6)

2. Shelter chief doctor once (5)

3. Son has broken frame with glass (4)

4. Sweet aromatic plant’s last to disappear (7)

6. Book range (5)

7. Subjected to restrictio­ns, passed exams (9)

8. Revealing moment: northbound tube has nearly reached city (8)

11. Briefly frighten Mark (4)

14. Female judge welcomed in two Pacific islands (4)

15. Disincline­d to rave about clue solved on time (9)

16. It’s designed to bore everyone, some might say (3)

17. Book performers (4)

18. Plant shop transposed into rocky dale (8)

20. Sell game that’s hung upside down (4)

21. Region in South America’s promoting current lizards

(7)

22. Fan maybe exhibiting less enthusiasm (6)

24. Lots of swimmers in area of shallow water (5)

26. Religious leader’s civilian dress (5)

27. Long story of small range (4)

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