Colgan’s Cryptic
Across
1. Terrorist organisation held holy crusade (5)
4. Irritable, missing out, but having only mediocre attributes (2,5)
8. 1967 movie involves fake jewellery and money (6,7)
9. Thin frame brings a clearer interior for pet budgie (5,8)
10. With leader of Lesotho absent, African queens joined parade for
noblewomen (13)
12. Perhaps Yalumba label accepts one substantial cut (13)
15. Sent outside library, perhaps, for being svelte? (7-6)
16. Outlay covers American stay (7)
17. Glut made booze turnover increase ultimately (5)
Down
1. Wears down stones for jewellery (5)
2. They illegally enter harbour surf (13)
3. Femme fatale, about fifty, is called up (7)
4. Beaten, exhausted fellow’s direly overdue (13)
5. Terms adopted by the British on aid to the likes of Robert Mugabe
(5)
6. Unthinking bureaucrat matches doctor (6-7)
7. Coverings for small shrubs (7)
10. Not having treatment initially, the price I’ve paid is fungal
disease (7)
11. What married woman might do without western jewellery (7)
13. Invest last, ignoring start of recession (5)
14. Quickly move clear of vehicle (5)
Book voucher to win
For your chance to win a $40 book voucher, email your completed crossword to len.colgan@unisa.edu.au or fax (08) 8302 5785 by Friday September 25.
Solutions published online on Friday October 9.