Cape Argus

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Evaluator bypasses

sordid section (8)

6 Waistband, after seconds,

has shifted (4)

8 Noisy little thing about

to trap one hound (6)

9 Bandit leader has

command of frontier (6) 10 Unnecessar­y pointers

point (8)

13 Listen to top dog (4)

14 No fear! Not coming

round before evening (9) 17 We are heartless –

or used to be! (4)

18 Backs ran amok

in cafe? (5,3)

19 Braved torment heroically,

for example (6)

21 Demand from some twin

sisters (6)

23 Most successful wager

includes initial stake (4) 24 Safe when sheltering

in cushy job (8)

DOWN

2 Shoots at birds (6)

3 Took food back to Greek

character (3)

4 Baggy, see - splash

out (9)

5 Make fun of bone (3)

6 Where the pugilist might

record his fights? (9)

7 Arab leader heard to

tremble (6)

11 Runs in fete, find outcome

contrary (9)

12 Thrill of a sonnet

is amazing (9)

15 College official transforme­d lad into busy worker (6)

16 Emperor races off round

front of amphitheat­re (6) 20 Public transport initially better under supervisio­n (3)

22 Bisect part that is dry (3)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Marooned (8)

6 Female horse (4)

8 Chinese exercise

system (3,3)

9 Feebly (6)

10 Assailant (8)

13 Sharpen (the appetite) (4) 14 Pompous (9)

17 Eyelid complaint (4)

18 Just out of the top ten (8) 19 Join (6)

21 Entry voucher (6)

23 Pre-owned (4)

24 Short of money (5,3)

DOWN

2 Comfortabl­y warm (6)

3 Shape of a rainbow (3)

4 Potable (9)

5 Dawn moisture (3)

6 In the interim (9)

7 Turned over and over (6) 11 Previously mentioned (9) 12 Esteemed (9)

15 Social position (6)

16 Neuter reflexive

pronoun (6)

20 Central part of a wheel (3) 22 Affectedly shy (3)