THE PUZZLER

CROSSWORD 249 by Axe

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Keep quality fizz to the forefront when getting high in the Drakensbergs (9,6)

9 Sea east of Arkansas where a boa perhaps gets a following (7)

10 Half of Eton, for example, more than half elderly, make it to the river (7)

11 Female leader tipped off one particular Arab (5)

12 Blooming church is built outside the West End, somewhere in South London (9)

13 Lac in Laurentia where Janine’s at, getting changed (5-4)

15 African country’s temperate, but has no