Prize crossword May 2007
ACROSS
8 Eritrea channel includes a defined section of a river (5)
9 A car Ralph wrecked in US scrubland (9)
10 Tearing off Mount Rushmore's rock (7)
11 German peak damaged around start of century (7)
12/17 Form of 'shifting cultivation' as shrub land moved north (5,3,4)
13 I spy a lone devastated group of islands in the Pacific (9)
15 Northern Ireland company to ban islands in the Indian Ocean (7)
17 See 12ac.
18 Mountaineer stashing sort of ingot in German city (9)
20 Fiji had to contain a holy war (5)
22 African port invests $1000 in Israel surprisingly (7)
24 German port needs alternative backing on company's capital (7)
25 Possibly take kiwi (outside capital of Turkey) to be seabird (9)
26 First woman to join the National Trust - quite an occasion? (5)
DOWN
1 Britain's leader urges relocating Belgium port (6)
2 Furious Turkish leader to scrutinize Indian Ocean islander (10)
3 Arab chief initially sends head envoy into Kuwaiti hospital (6)
4 Freshwater fish swallowed by Malabar beluga (6)
5 Castaway man rode off round Comino finally (8)
6 Iranian city near Akrotiri in part (4)
7 Insect found in flatland banana-like fruit used in cooking (8)
9 Virginia takes this for a woodbine (7)
14 Asian country distributing share-out OK (5,5)
15 Agricultural state offers unusual breaks in North America (8)
16 NB. Eve's in difficulty with this peak (3,5)
17 Some complaint re equine racing venue (7)
19 Dutch explorer gives brief thanks to southern bloke (6)
20 A gem of a place in the Canadian Rockies? (6)
21 Name of two US states giving facts about knock-out (6)
23 Leaders of Greenpeace intend to establish holiday accommodation in France (4)
FEBRUARY CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
Across: 7 Liberia 8 Soweto 10 St-Malo 11 Akrotiri 12 Marbella 15 Abroad 16 Oceanography 18 Odessa 20 Amundsen 22 Poseidon 24 Helena 26 El Paso 27 Tibetan.
Down: 1 Clutha 2 ABTA 3 Brooklyn 4 NASA 5 Istria 6 Star map 9 Watershed 13 Beersheba 14 Algoa 16 Old World 17 Abu Dhabi 19 Andros 21 El Nino 23 NATO 25 Late.
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.
8 Eritrea channel includes a defined section of a river (5)
9 A car Ralph wrecked in US scrubland (9)
10 Tearing off Mount Rushmore's rock (7)
11 German peak damaged around start of century (7)
12/17 Form of 'shifting cultivation' as shrub land moved north (5,3,4)
13 I spy a lone devastated group of islands in the Pacific (9)
15 Northern Ireland company to ban islands in the Indian Ocean (7)
17 See 12ac.
18 Mountaineer stashing sort of ingot in German city (9)
20 Fiji had to contain a holy war (5)
22 African port invests $1000 in Israel surprisingly (7)
24 German port needs alternative backing on company's capital (7)
25 Possibly take kiwi (outside capital of Turkey) to be seabird (9)
26 First woman to join the National Trust - quite an occasion? (5)
DOWN
1 Britain's leader urges relocating Belgium port (6)
2 Furious Turkish leader to scrutinize Indian Ocean islander (10)
3 Arab chief initially sends head envoy into Kuwaiti hospital (6)
4 Freshwater fish swallowed by Malabar beluga (6)
5 Castaway man rode off round Comino finally (8)
6 Iranian city near Akrotiri in part (4)
7 Insect found in flatland banana-like fruit used in cooking (8)
9 Virginia takes this for a woodbine (7)
14 Asian country distributing share-out OK (5,5)
15 Agricultural state offers unusual breaks in North America (8)
16 NB. Eve's in difficulty with this peak (3,5)
17 Some complaint re equine racing venue (7)
19 Dutch explorer gives brief thanks to southern bloke (6)
20 A gem of a place in the Canadian Rockies? (6)
21 Name of two US states giving facts about knock-out (6)
23 Leaders of Greenpeace intend to establish holiday accommodation in France (4)
FEBRUARY CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
Across: 7 Liberia 8 Soweto 10 St-Malo 11 Akrotiri 12 Marbella 15 Abroad 16 Oceanography 18 Odessa 20 Amundsen 22 Poseidon 24 Helena 26 El Paso 27 Tibetan.
Down: 1 Clutha 2 ABTA 3 Brooklyn 4 NASA 5 Istria 6 Star map 9 Watershed 13 Beersheba 14 Algoa 16 Old World 17 Abu Dhabi 19 Andros 21 El Nino 23 NATO 25 Late.
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.
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