Prize crossword January 2008
ACROSS
7 Asian mountain system found inside central Taiwan! (5)
8 Calvados resort sounds like genuine French town (9)
10 How capitalist democracies describe themselves, collectively:
‘Liberate Earth!’ (4,5)
11 Old term for European who made a fortune in India – not applicable with Robert (5)
12 Mother in Arras upset this Iraqi holy city (7)
14 Republic of NE Europe transported to Siena (7)
16 Britain, USA: no changing the spread of developing towns and cities (12)
20 Hungary’s largest lake = Welsh lake + 100 (7)
22 A volcano’s opening has no right being on the Isle of Wight! (7)
24 Some Gabonese mortal remains (5)
26 Florida resort’s minced cheap lamb (4,5)
28 ‘Ivan’s hell’, reconstructed city of Tennessee (9)
29 Control the course of part of Manistee River (5)
DOWN
1 Was returning to angle for shark-like ray (7)
2 Running water right inside water vapour (6)
3 Opinion of a scene? (4)
4 A pasta as used in Chinese cuisine – old one, possibly (6)
5 Fuerteventura’s partly level (4)
6 Sean embraces broken rib – and tongue of Belgrade citizen! (7)
8 Tract of land that’s ended by wet weather (7)
9 A UN blog about Angolan city (7)
13 N African port upset Arab trade, initially
15 Small bird on one moon of Saturn (5)
16 University schemes include Denmark’s first areas of hilly country (7)
17 Spanish city is level – sort of (7)
18 Swaziland city is swallowed by mamba: BA nettled! (7)
19 Fruit tree area alternative right in Chad (7)
21 This city, so Italians say, is guarded by Bologna police (6)
23 Niger’s capital has i.e. many changes (6)
25 Fijian capital place gets sun radiation briefly (4)
27 Scrub the President! (4)
OCTOBER CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
Across: 6 Krill 7 Right Bank 10 Sand dunes 11 Aspen 12 Vitebsk 14 Sevruga 16 Archipelago 20 Augusta 22 Dead Sea 24 Ohrid 26 Springbok 28 Grassland 29 Chart.
Down: 1 Linnet 2 Clod 3 Transkei 4 Etna 5 Sao Paulo 6 Kosovo 8 Gases 9 Kankan 13 Bucks 15 Vaasa 16 Algerian 17 El Dorado 18 Ha Long 19 Market 21 At sea 23 Subway 25 Dust 27 Nice.
The first correctly completed crossword wins a copy of the Philip’s Universal Atlas of the World worth £90. This large-format hardback atlas has more maps than any other atlas published in English today. For further details, visit www.philips-maps.co.uk.
Send entries to Geographical Crossword, Circle Publishing, One Victoria Villas, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2GW.
January 2008
7 Asian mountain system found inside central Taiwan! (5)
8 Calvados resort sounds like genuine French town (9)
10 How capitalist democracies describe themselves, collectively:
‘Liberate Earth!’ (4,5)
11 Old term for European who made a fortune in India – not applicable with Robert (5)
12 Mother in Arras upset this Iraqi holy city (7)
14 Republic of NE Europe transported to Siena (7)
16 Britain, USA: no changing the spread of developing towns and cities (12)
20 Hungary’s largest lake = Welsh lake + 100 (7)
22 A volcano’s opening has no right being on the Isle of Wight! (7)
24 Some Gabonese mortal remains (5)
26 Florida resort’s minced cheap lamb (4,5)
28 ‘Ivan’s hell’, reconstructed city of Tennessee (9)
29 Control the course of part of Manistee River (5)
DOWN
1 Was returning to angle for shark-like ray (7)
2 Running water right inside water vapour (6)
3 Opinion of a scene? (4)
4 A pasta as used in Chinese cuisine – old one, possibly (6)
5 Fuerteventura’s partly level (4)
6 Sean embraces broken rib – and tongue of Belgrade citizen! (7)
8 Tract of land that’s ended by wet weather (7)
9 A UN blog about Angolan city (7)
13 N African port upset Arab trade, initially
15 Small bird on one moon of Saturn (5)
16 University schemes include Denmark’s first areas of hilly country (7)
17 Spanish city is level – sort of (7)
18 Swaziland city is swallowed by mamba: BA nettled! (7)
19 Fruit tree area alternative right in Chad (7)
21 This city, so Italians say, is guarded by Bologna police (6)
23 Niger’s capital has i.e. many changes (6)
25 Fijian capital place gets sun radiation briefly (4)
27 Scrub the President! (4)
OCTOBER CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
Across: 6 Krill 7 Right Bank 10 Sand dunes 11 Aspen 12 Vitebsk 14 Sevruga 16 Archipelago 20 Augusta 22 Dead Sea 24 Ohrid 26 Springbok 28 Grassland 29 Chart.
Down: 1 Linnet 2 Clod 3 Transkei 4 Etna 5 Sao Paulo 6 Kosovo 8 Gases 9 Kankan 13 Bucks 15 Vaasa 16 Algerian 17 El Dorado 18 Ha Long 19 Market 21 At sea 23 Subway 25 Dust 27 Nice.
The first correctly completed crossword wins a copy of the Philip’s Universal Atlas of the World worth £90. This large-format hardback atlas has more maps than any other atlas published in English today. For further details, visit www.philips-maps.co.uk.
Send entries to Geographical Crossword, Circle Publishing, One Victoria Villas, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2GW.
January 2008
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