Cape Times

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Inflatable boat hard to find

in dark (6)

4 Prepares turkey and

feeds gluttonous­ly (6)

9 Bisect part that is dry (3)

10 Unusually organised

something imposing (9)

11 Eat, and mock (5)

12 Man sees movement all

together (2,5)

14 Locate their mix-up that’s

still unproven (11)

17 Nod off during charity?

Must be nuts! (7)

18 Where to put chalk at the

right moment (2,3)

20 And German, when owing

money, roared (9)

22 Brief movement cuts short

brief moment (3)

23 Horseman thus

sarcastica­lly included (6)

24 Teetotal to organise

rehearsal (3,3)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Bashful (6)

4 Root vegetable (6)

9 Score of zero (3)

10 Propeller-powered

craft (9)

11 Graph (5)

12 ___ favour, sucked

up (to) (7)

14 Person who arranges the

sale of houses (6,5)

17 Empty of cargo (7)

18 Imperial measures

of length (5)

20 Respirator­y problem (9)

22 Viral illness (3)

23 Plump, large (6)

24 Sheep’s coat (6)

DOWN

1 To stop up among the

planets is educationa­l (6)

2 Partly burn a chocolate

chip (5)

3 Being extravagan­t

as a lark? (4-5)

5 Just a little, thanks

due first (3)

6 Dad to pay the bill at

beauty salon (4,3)

7 Landscape is noticed,

we hear (5)

8 True, same ape breaks

flexible rule (4,7)

13 Mother introduces one nobleman and queen to postal shopping (4,5)

15 Continuous­ly drone our

small, temporary feelings (7)

16 Exist as a prisoner, a

guiding light (6)

17 It doesn’t make a sound

when dropped (5)

19 Provide what’s wanted

in triplicate, religiousl­y (5)

21 Even Duncan contains

genetic code (inits) (3)

DOWN

1 Dennis the ___, cartoon

character (6)

2 Fourth Greek letter (5)

3 Plastic for electronic

payment (5,4)

5 Domestic fuse unit (3)

6 Put in order again (7)

7 Rough cloth (5)

8 Laundering without

water (3-8)

13 Oval object kicked

at Twickenham (5,4)

15 Prominent (7)

16 Clever (6)

17 Part of a shoe (5)

19 Ransack (5)

21 Blokes (3)

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