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Crossword #23

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 acrossDimensions, magnitude (4)

Across

  1. 1 Dimensions, magnitude (4)
  2. 5 Landlocked country of the Lower Zambezi (6)★
  3. 11 Nitrogen compound found in urine (4)
  4. 12 Industry gongs, handed out at a gala dinner (6)
  5. 13 Small flatfish, or light touches (4)
  6. 14 Coloured parts of a bloom (6)
  7. 15 Scatter untidily (5)
  8. 17 Cloyingly quaint (4)
  9. 18 Vote in favour (3)
  10. 19 Tacks on at the end (7)
  11. 22 ___ es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city (3)★
  12. 23 Lingua franca across much of East Africa (7)★
  13. 27 Urge on, or breakfast staple (3)
  14. 30 Yarn spun round the fire (4)
  15. 31 Worker on the copper seam (5)
  16. 33 Made amends (6)
  17. 36 Card listing the courses (4)
  18. 37 Competitor with foil in hand (6)
  19. 38 So be it (4)
  20. 39 Without restriction (6)
  21. 40 Lacking any shine (4)

Down

  1. 1 Foaming with soap (5)
  2. 2 Thoroughly fuming (5)
  3. 3 Striped grazer, also a crossing (5)★
  4. 4 Facility, or relieve (4)
  5. 5 Blast with a beam (3)
  6. 6 Reverent wonder (3)
  7. 7 Painted backdrop used in film effects (5)
  8. 8 Muscle, rather than brain (5)
  9. 9 Ticked over, going nowhere (5)
  10. 10 Long-eared beasts of burden (5)
  11. 16 Desert channel that fills after rain (4)
  12. 20 Mate (3)
  13. 21 Stiffly proper (4)
  14. 23 Lodge team, or a walking stick (5)
  15. 24 What draws elephants to the pan (5)
  16. 25 Unaccompanied (5)
  17. 26 Therefore (5)
  18. 27 Clinical irrigation (5)
  19. 28 Slender spotted prowler of the African night (5)★
  20. 29 Hippo's low complaint (5)
  21. 32 Leader of prayers at the mosque (4)
  22. 34 Slippery swimmer (3)
  23. 35 Arid, and the prime season for game viewing (3)

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