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Crossword #20

A quick crossword for people who sell Africa. 5 of the answers come from the lodges, camps and hotels we represent — the rest is ordinary general knowledge. Nothing to sign in to.

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1 acrossBase that neutralises acid (6)

Across

  1. 1 Base that neutralises acid (6)
  2. 7 Joke that spreads online (4)
  3. 11 Hands aboard ship (6)
  4. 12 Related, of a similar sort (4)
  5. 13 Virus behind cold sores (6)
  6. 14 Let someone borrow (4)
  7. 15 Stretch of history (3)
  8. 16 Rubs out completely (6)
  9. 18 Ready, or a division of a tennis match (3)
  10. 19 Pack away in the hold (4)
  11. 20 Overcast, or short on sparkle (4)
  12. 22 Rims of jugs (4)
  13. 25 Effortlessness (4)
  14. 27 Expected arrival, on a transfer sheet (3)
  15. 29 Southern African conference, and the name of Durban's tourism trade show (6)
  16. 32 Running bar bill (3)
  17. 33 Uttered (4)
  18. 34 Days in November, by the rhyme (6)
  19. 37 Boggy ground for a vehicle (4)
  20. 38 Huge southern Tanzanian reserve, named after a hunter-naturalist (6)
  21. 39 Runner over snow (4)
  22. 40 Joints just above the feet (6)

Down

  1. 1 What the campfire leaves by morning (5)
  2. 2 Gave an unwelcome look (6)
  3. 3 Tanzanian town serving as a base for Ngorongoro visits (6)
  4. 4 Unit of electric current (3)
  5. 5 Side away from the wind (3)
  6. 6 Small map tucked into a bigger one (5)
  7. 7 Landlocked nation dominated by a great lake (6)
  8. 8 Scrapes out, as a living (4)
  9. 9 Belonging to me, or a source of diamonds (4)
  10. 10 Draws to a close (4)
  11. 17 Part played (4)
  12. 19 Thick paving stone (4)
  13. 21 Describing fuel long gone from British pumps (6)
  14. 23 What the game drive vehicle runs on (6)
  15. 24 Bronze figure on a plinth (6)
  16. 26 Southern African inbound tourism trade association, in short (5)
  17. 28 Chasm with no visible bottom (5)
  18. 29 Doctrines, dismissively lumped together (4)
  19. 30 Hammer's target, or a manicurist's (4)
  20. 31 Grim in the extreme (4)
  21. 35 Layer in the coop (3)
  22. 36 Sort or kind (3)

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