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Crossword #26

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 acrossSoftest mineral on the Mohs scale (4)

Across

  1. 1 Softest mineral on the Mohs scale (4)
  2. 5 Wide, or a Norfolk waterway (5)
  3. 10 Casual agreement (4)
  4. 11 Sixteen make a pound (6)
  5. 13 Hold still for the camera (4)
  6. 14 Whitening agent (6)
  7. 15 Ugandan airport town on Lake Victoria (7)★
  8. 17 Pigeon's murmur (3)
  9. 18 Plaything (3)
  10. 19 Boggy ground, or entangle (4)
  11. 20 Sterilise a female animal (4)
  12. 22 Sounds from the flock (4)
  13. 23 Notes and coins (4)
  14. 24 Mate (3)
  15. 25 Rock worth mining (3)
  16. 26 Tallest of land animals (7)★
  17. 30 Ruffle the hair (6)
  18. 32 Sound carrying across the night savannah (4)
  19. 33 Make well loved (6)
  20. 34 Airline trade body, in short (4)★
  21. 35 Prods into action (5)
  22. 36 Bitter and mild, for instance (4)

Down

  1. 1 Sort, or tap out a message (4)
  2. 2 Immeasurably long stretch (4)
  3. 3 Final, or endure (4)
  4. 4 Fastest of land animals (7)★
  5. 5 Copper on the beat (5)
  6. 6 Govern, or a regulation (4)
  7. 7 Single (3)
  8. 8 Flat-topped thorn tree of the bush (6)★
  9. 9 Interior schemes (6)
  10. 12 Brogue or loafer (4)
  11. 16 Young lad (3)
  12. 19 Fever carried by the Anopheles mosquito (7)★
  13. 20 Wrapped garment favoured on the beach (6)
  14. 21 Sham, not the real thing (6)
  15. 22 Where drinks are poured, or block (3)
  16. 23 Shelter for doves (4)
  17. 24 Brighton and Blackpool have them (5)
  18. 26 Pleased (4)
  19. 27 Youngster in the paddock (4)
  20. 28 What destiny decides (4)
  21. 29 Chapters of history (4)
  22. 31 The briny (3)

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