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Crossword #36

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 acrossThin strip in a blind (4)

Across

  1. 1 Thin strip in a blind (4)
  2. 5 Bilbo Baggins, for one (6)
  3. 11 Rules of conduct, or secret writing (4)
  4. 12 Take to excess (6)
  5. 13 Wander without fixed plan (4)
  6. 14 Dog-faced monkey that moves in troops (6)★
  7. 15 Clinical flushing of the bowel (5)
  8. 17 Silent-winged night hunters (4)
  9. 18 Bush landing ground for light aircraft (8)★
  10. 21 Came across, or London's force (3)
  11. 22 Cheap stuff on the souvenir stall (3)
  12. 23 Wrath (3)
  13. 26 South African city below Table Mountain (8)★
  14. 28 Christmas, in older usage (4)
  15. 31 Grammatically like 'may' or 'must' (5)
  16. 32 Positive electrodes (6)
  17. 35 Short skirt, or small British car (4)
  18. 36 Hilltop capital of Rwanda (6)★
  19. 37 Finishes, or aims (4)
  20. 38 Long-legged birds, the marabou among them (6)
  21. 39 Place on board, best booked early (4)

Down

  1. 1 Shriek of alarm (6)
  2. 2 Canadian dollar coin (6)
  3. 3 Slot in the commercial break (6)
  4. 4 Swarms, or rains hard (5)
  5. 5 Cooker top (3)
  6. 6 Eggs, medically speaking (3)
  7. 7 Fast jazz style of the 1940s (5)
  8. 8 Forehead, or crest of a hill (4)
  9. 9 Object of devotion (4)
  10. 10 Heavy weights, or loads of it (4)
  11. 16 African Travel and Tourism Association, for short (4)★
  12. 19 Sharp knock, or rhythmic delivery (3)
  13. 20 Entry on a list, or a couple (4)
  14. 23 Antiseptic element, symbol I (6)
  15. 24 Land of a Thousand Hills (6)★
  16. 25 Sign up for service (6)
  17. 26 Fragrant conifer on Lebanon's flag (5)
  18. 27 Weighty volumes (5)
  19. 28 Shaggy Himalayan pack animals (4)
  20. 29 Single measure or module (4)
  21. 30 Emblem on the letterhead (4)
  22. 33 Largest of the deer family (3)
  23. 34 Sibling, informally (3)

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