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Crossword #22

A quick crossword for people who sell Africa. 6 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 acrossCut roughly, or a jobbing writer (4)

Across

  1. 1 Cut roughly, or a jobbing writer (4)
  2. 5 Incendiary jelly of modern warfare (6)
  3. 11 Where the roast goes (4)
  4. 12 Spanish-speaking quarter of a city (6)
  5. 13 Part played on stage (4)
  6. 14 The East, or get one's bearings (6)
  7. 15 Socially awkward sort, informally (5)
  8. 17 The final curtain (5)
  9. 18 Listener, or part of the corn (3)
  10. 19 Engine turns, on the dial (4)
  11. 21 Crafty, like a fox (3)
  12. 22 Trade shorthand for an online travel agency (3)★
  13. 23 Business qualification, in brief (3)★
  14. 26 Mark left long after the wound (4)
  15. 27 Gallery contents (3)
  16. 28 Woven material by the yard (5)
  17. 31 Semi-arid plateau region of South Africa (5)★
  18. 33 High regard, or keep to a promise (6)
  19. 35 Mown patch of the garden (4)
  20. 36 Extra number after the applause (6)
  21. 37 Teenage skin trouble (4)
  22. 38 Cleared the borders of intruders (6)
  23. 39 Backchat from a youngster (4)

Down

  1. 1 Great milling crowds (6)
  2. 2 Open declaration of belief (6)
  3. 3 Crunchy stalks for the soup pot (6)
  4. 4 Hinge halfway down the leg (4)
  5. 5 Airport code for Nairobi (3)★
  6. 6 Nocturnal African termite-eater with a long snout (8)★
  7. 7 Noses into other people's business (5)
  8. 8 Patch of ground, or a region (4)
  9. 9 Fluff gathered in a pocket (4)
  10. 10 Lamp-struck flutterer of the night (4)
  11. 16 Glossy booklet selling the holiday (8)★
  12. 20 Arrival time, abbreviated on the manifest (3)
  13. 23 Shaken gourd in a Latin band (6)
  14. 24 Sears in the pan before roasting (6)
  15. 25 Makes amends for wrongdoing (6)
  16. 26 Was on one's feet, or put up with (5)
  17. 28 Work over with the teeth (4)
  18. 29 Single and unaccompanied (4)
  19. 30 On a single occasion, upon a time (4)
  20. 32 Word of poetic regret (4)
  21. 34 Colour of a warning light (3)

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