The Star Early Edition

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

- QUICK

ACROSS

1 Passes second set free (7) 5 Harsh but dab hand shaking the crib (7)

9 Mesoameric­an alphabet limits translatin­g, etc (5) 10 Seed tray set out by the yard in days of yore (9) 11 Perhaps when a Scottish musician is on song and ready to serve (6,3)

12 Theatre attendant concealed surprise (5)

13 Made clear case for individual cake (6)

15 Gives support to military camp (8)

18 Incendiary offspring is in painting (8)

19 Folds and twists staple (6) 22 Scout leader broke the trail (5)

24 Dug up nude models around the world (9)

26 Lying down and being fresh about drunken bum (9) 27 In the main, not perfectly coolheaded! (5)

28 Extremely dirty and unpleasant house (7)

29 Git left touring car smashed through spite (7)

DOWN

1 Walk on to parking half a mile below public transport (7) 2 Whip up last cocktail - slings! (9)

3 Old lag in unsex confinemen­t (2-3)

4 Science they abused and cut down (6)

5 Violent assailant kicking small dog (8)

6 Elite using the spoken word when relating to constituen­ts (9)

7 Game ends after mate move (5)

8 Shy to step on injured toes of animals (7)

14 Idiot roaming parts of America (9)

16 Collide with Japanese belief underlying car-making (5,4)

17 Knowingly place upstart in stately building (8)

18 Fool rued outcome as beyond doubt (7)

20 One involved in developing sacred attachment for motorcycle­s (4-3)

21 Examiner in queer street (6) 23 Ancient Italian in overseas prison (5) 25 Stomach-wobbling menu to follow the recipe (5)

ACROSS

1 Rich fabric woven with raised patterns (7) 5 Standard model of its kind (7)

9 Basic belief (5) 10 Performanc­e of a song (9)

11 Growing profusely (9) 12 Adjust (5)

13 Raw recruit (6) 15 Enforced by a court of law (8)

18 Dark glassy volcanic rock (8)

19 Empower (6) 22 Surrounded by (5) 24 Place between, obstruct (9)

26 Childish (9)

27 Spicy tomato sauce (5) 28 Minor illness (7) 29 Aerodrome (7)

DOWN

1 Low-paid worker struggling to make ends meet (7)

2 Odious, objectiona­ble (9) 3 Communion table (5) 4 Cerumen (6) 5 Understand, interpret (8) 6 Production of cartoons (9) 7 Dress hanging below the waist (5)

8 Regulate, direct (7) 14 Poverty (9) 16 Complicate­d interperso­nal situation (9) 17 Person opposing all war (8)

18 Egg-shaped wind instrument (7)

20 Graceful (7)

21 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)

23 Edible innards of an animal (5)

25 Vertical part of a step (5)

 ??  ??
 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from South Africa