30 November 2017
Crossword by Boffles
Africa
Across
6 Died a hero’s death at Khartoum (7,6)
8 Fundamentalist creed troubling Egypt and Libya among other countries (8)
9 Is the fall of Mugabe . .. for democracy? (1,3)
10 Our distant ancestors were such rough wooers in Ethiopia and Kenya (7)
12 Why the Nile valley is so fertile (4)
14 It is apparently not true that it is hunted to make people horny (5)
16 Cleopatra’s Needle is one from Egypt (7)
19 Does a lot of peacekeeping there but with mixed success
20 Degree of body odour for another word for a 4dn (4)
22 Queen trips for a natural wonder (8,5)
Down
1 It is a major source of them, particularly a girl’s best friend (4)
2 It is open for the production of this seed (6)
3 Northern dishes and pots (7)
4 Villages or cattle pens enclosed with a fence (6)
5 Aggressive men but still endangered (8)
7 Big variety is hunted by many including American presidents and dentists (4)
11 West African race subdued by the War of the Golden Stool (8)
13 Offer and month 1 in short for Ivory Coast city (7)
15 River includes Bible for a member of an indigenous black race (6)
17 Where to find Leptis Magna among other ruins (5)
18 Company absorbs atmosphere for capital city (5)
21 Country found when spite loses the church (4)
