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Crossword #24
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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Across
- 1 Perish beneath the waves (5)
- 6 Scrounge, beg a favour (5)
- 11 Unsettling, faintly spooky (5)
- 12 Earlier; also a monastic officer (5)
- 13 Hard stone that strikes a spark (5)
- 14 Jewelled headpiece (5)
- 15 Big cat of Asia, absent from African parks (5)
- 16 Bitters and pale brews (4)
- 17 Fifty-six, in Roman numerals (3)★
- 18 Totals up (4)
- 21 Longing, or Japanese money (3)
- 22 Digit in a walking boot (3)
- 23 Halfway prefix, as in season (3)
- 26 Spots; also grasps (4)
- 27 Self-importance (3)
- 28 Rim, or slight advantage (4)
- 31 Largest of the African antelope (5)★
- 33 Ring for contest or spectacle (5)
- 35 Stiff and unbending (5)
- 36 Raise a glass at the boma fire (5)
- 37 Rich continental gateau (5)
- 38 Unrestrained bout of shopping (5)
- 39 Contemptuous curl of the lip (5)
Down
- 1 Skilfully, with a light touch (6)
- 2 Go through again in memory (6)
- 3 Source, starting point (6)
- 4 Cape vintage, perhaps (4)
- 5 Trade price before the agent's mark-up (7)★
- 6 Airport code for Cape Town (3)★
- 7 Operatic solos (5)
- 8 Rotating face on an old telephone (4)
- 9 Pierce with a horn (4)
- 10 Long stretches of history (4)
- 19 Female deer or hare (3)
- 20 The Namib and Kalahari, for two (7)
- 23 Scanty, thin on the ground (6)
- 24 Set alight (6)
- 25 Totter feebly along (6)
- 26 Sound judgement (5)
- 28 Tucks in (4)
- 29 Bead of rain, or let fall (4)
- 30 Kit for the trip (4)
- 32 Maned predator of the Big Five (4)★
- 34 Had a meal, in the past (3)