Crossword 297

ACROSS

3. Brushwood (9)

9. Pungent root eaten raw as a salad vegetable (6)

10. Wild mountain goat of Europe, North Africa and Asia

with large, ridged, backward-curving horns (4)

11. Latticeworks of wood across which to train trees (9) 12. Golden-yellow bird with black wings, related

to crows (6)

15. Mammals of the family Suidae, omnivorous

ungulates with thick, bristly skin (4)

16. Generally accessible (4)

18. Female deer, antelope, rabbit, kangaroo or hare (3) 20. Sheep’s neck (5)

23. Plant introduced to an area by humans but

maintaining itself (5)

26. Small, finch-like birds of the Passer genus (8)

27. Soft, pear-shaped false fruit packed with seeds (4) 28. Unspoken; implied without being expressed (5) 29. Establishments where dogs are boarded or bred ( 7) 30. In cattle, the bone of the rump (5)

32. Goading instrument on a horse rider’s heel (4) 33. Incorporated (8)

34. Tribal councillor of advanced years (5)

37. Outer framework (5)

38. Piece of fishing gear (3)

40. Artificially induced excitement about a product (4) 42. Bluish-white, metallic element, with symbol Zn (4) 44. Unrefined; living in soil (6)

47. Vegetable with leaves reduced to scales, its young

shoots eaten as a delicacy (9)

48. South African mountain (4)

49. Angling equipment (6)

50. Mistaken; wrong (9)

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1. Den or retreat of a wild animal (4)

2. Pit or airtight chamber for storing grain (4) 3. Ruminant animal of the Ovis genus (5)

4. Become ready for harvest (5)

5. Male whale, elephant, walrus or moose (4) 6. Correct or improve (5)

7. Drive away and scatter; cause to disappear (6) 8. Small hound (6)

12. Lammergeier, a rare type of vulture (9)

13. Watered by means of canals (9)

14. Fallen tree trunk (3)

17. Strong coffee (8)

19. Kiln for drying hops (4)

21. Storehouse for grain or threshed maize ( 7)

22. Coal mine (8)

24. Coming into existence (9)

25. Normally; in a lifelike manner (9)

31. Fast-running, rabbit-like mammal (4)

35. Dawdle (6)

36. Confine in a compartment of bars or wires (6) 37. The Baltic or Tasman . . . ? (3)

39. Large, odd-toed, hoofed mammal with a short,

flexible proboscis (5)

40. Wet or moist (prefix) (5)

41. Troublesome or destructive animals or insects (5) 43. Husks of grain sifted from flour (4)

45. Of soil, fertile and productive (4)

46. High mass of land; mound (4)