Crossword 445

ACROSS

3. Tied a horse’s legs loosely together (7) 9. Green crop compressed, fermented

and stored for use as fodder (6)

10. Joined (6)

11. Roused from sleep (5)

12. Relating to flowers (6)

13. Mowing, reaping or gathering (8) 14. Enamel-coated structures

embedded in jawbones (5)

16. Fasten or connect (6)

17. A confused, interwoven mass (6) 21. Poisonous (5)

23. Travels on horseback (5)

26. Body containing an egg cell

in flowering plants (5)

27. Unattainable hope or fancy (4,5) 28. Egyptian capital (5)

29. Man; male (prefix) (5)

31. A small fragment or piece

of leftover food (5)

32. Cultivated or worked the land (6) 36. Three times (6)

38. Grape variety also called Shiraz (5) 40. Remove too many creatures

from an area of the sea (8)

41. Plant lice (6)

42. Arm joint (5)

43. Stick (6)

44. One who receives pay

for work done (6)

45. Became ready for harvest (7)

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1. Cereal grass ( Panicum miliaceum)

producing small grains (6) 2. Four-wheeled, horse-drawn

passenger vehicle (8)

3. Well-being (6)

4. White streak on a horse’s face (5) 5. Segmented bloodsucking worm (5) 6. Canoe made from a hollowed-out

tree trunk (6)

7. Enclosure for porcine animals (6) 8. Umbelliferous plant with cylindrical ribbed fruits, its seeds and leaves used for seasoning (6)

15. Art of stuffing animal skins

for display (9)

16. Orange-coloured fruit with a

downy skin ( Prunus armeniaca) (7) 18. Distinctive fragrance (5)

19. Large, hard-rinded fruit whose skin

is often used as a container (5)

20. Ugly sight (7) 21. Light, savoury Spanish snacks (5) 22. Grow along the ground (5)

24. Instrument for boring holes

in hard substances (5)

25. Single-cell reproductive body (5) 30. Boreal (8)

33. Encroach upon or overrun (6) 34. Cupboard for provisions (6) 35. Small African antelope found

in wooded areas (6)

36. Of ice and snow, melted (6)

37. Heavy stick or club (6)

38. Ruminant of the goat family,

providing meat and wool (5) 39. The Cape _____-chat ( Cossypha caffra) is a small South African bird with an orange chest (5)