Cape Argus E-dition

JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 9 Grow (8) 10 Obtained (3) 11 Wound (6) 12 Frank (6)

13 Be careful (4,3) 14 Volcano (4)

15 Nevertheless (3,3,4)

17 Excellence (8)

18 Ready (7)

19 Singer (4)

21 Affront (6)

24 Economised (9,4,4)

27 Sore (6)

29 Require (4)

30 Country (7)

33 Liking (8)

35 Blowfly (10)

36 Sign (4)

37 Fought (7)

38 Wanderers (6)

40 Ban (6)

41 Beam (3)

42 Get back (8)

DOWN: 1 Adversary (10) 2 Dry (4)

3 Instrument (8) 4 Fit (7)

5 Forte (6,5) 6 Greedy (10)

7 Behind (6)

8 Activities (6-2)

10 Spectre (5)

16 Claimed (7)

20 Shelf (5)

22 Cargo (7)

23 Secretly (2,4,5)

25 Rejected (6,4)

26 Bird (10)

28 Huge (8)

31 Suavity (8)

32 Assassinates (7)

34 Hang (6)

35 Mild (5)

39 Post (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

9 Trouble the hotelier will be in if it’s not on tap? (3,5)

10 Going back again to conceal a listening device (3)

11 To a sailor, the way to get away from home (6)

12 Have one? I’ll be blessed if I will! (6)

13 Got there within a day, the river having flooded (7)

14 Go their separate ways back to the vehicle (4)

15 A previous captain who was very good (4,6)

17 A foreigner, frightened-looking, seen rushing around (8)

18 In the nursery, is nice for playing with (7)

19 Clean up the wet leaves (4)

21 Moved with measured tread? (6)

24 Not fighting the doctor’s decision to keep one in bed? (6,2,5,4)

27 A line, or dash (6)

29 A well-behaved dog carrying the ball back (4)

30 It’s great – if you like big cities! (7)

33 The better his work is, the greater the strain (8)

35 Who’s got the hot chestnuts? (5,5)

36 Shoots back to put an end to it (4)

37 The address for the delivery (7)

38 Force reluctantly to take the stage as the monster (6)

40 Indicates the scores (6)

41 That’s the equipment man (3)

42 Allow the hospital to treat Gary for lassitude (8)

DOWN

1 Something popular with children, or the direct opposite (10)

2 Precious little, the time before (4)

3 Cheap accommodation on a cattle boat? (8)

4 Being out of form, they may get in trouble (7)

5 Bad weather for the motorist? (7,4)

6 Give me a few months: I can practise it in the gym (10)

7 Stay to get the election started - to get it going (6)

8 In the formation, a flier is to create a pattern (4,4)

10 Fear taking time off is wrong (5)

16 Run slowly, when let loose, round the haystack (7)

20 What’s this I see? Blast! A hole! (5)

22 Rather cheeky, which is not so hot (7)

23 Feel the money may provide clues for the detectives (11)

25 A lack of reaction to the negative answer (2,8)

26 Within the required distance, more or less (4,6)

28 Getting a daughter by choice rather than haphazardly! (8)

31 Before the code was cracked, in the story (8)

32 A sign of aging you take iron to get rid of (7)

34 Playing with the strips of cord (6)

35 Is keen to get out from the lift (5)

39 Name given to a boy by a mother (4)

WORLD

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2021-09-18T07:00:00.0000000Z

2021-09-18T07:00:00.0000000Z

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