Crossword

ACROSS

1. Young geese (8)

5. Personal quality or gift enabling an individual

to impress and influence others (8)

9. Place where food is kept (6)

10. Acidulous, purple-black, drupaceous fruit often

used to make wine (10)

11. South African urban area (8)

14. Refreshing inactivity (4)

17. A delicate, thin, silk network fabric from France (5) 18. The carob; the mesquite; the fruit of either (9)

19. Mixture of disintegrated rock and organic material

in which plants are rooted (5)

20. Large, deep spoon for serving soup (5)

22. Indian clay oven ( 7)

23. In the US, the marshy offshoot of a lake or river (5) 25. Hang down; decline (5)

27. Small, flattish, loose-skinned variety of mandarin

orange (9)

28. Wanderer (5)

30. Indian (prefix) (4)

32. Laid bare (8)

34. One who studies fungi (10)

35. Fastidious person (6)

36. Rare metallic element, symbol ‘W’, used for making

lamp filaments (8)

37. Mesozoic reptile (8)

down

1. Glue prepared from albuminous matter, for example

bones and hides (8)

2. Fruit of any species of the rosaceous genus Fragaria (10)

3. Point of the compass (5)

4. Beardless, woolly, wild or domestic ruminant of the

genus Ovis (5)

5. Large, evergreen coniferous tree, a symbol of

Lebanon (5)

6. Refutation (8)

7. Any of the acid-tasting species of herbs of the dock

genus Rumex (6)

8. At an unknown or unspecified location (8)

12. Title of the former kings of Persia (4)

13. Deep-rooted and established (9)

15. One who studies plants, animals, or peoples and

institutions, in relation to the environment (9)

16. Head restraints by which horses are controlled ( 7) 21. Genus of small, yellow fruit flies that breed in

fermenting fruit juices (10)

23. Kind of citron or orange whose aromatic rind yields

an oil used in perfumery (8)

24. Bladder-like envelopes of some fruits (8)

25. Place selling high-quality foods, especially cooked

meats and cheeses (4)

26. Animal that preys on another (8)

29. Roman god of fire and metal-working (6)

31. Pungent, edible bulb of the lily family (5)

32. Located (5)

33. Become ready for harvest (5)