Crossword 542

ACROSS

3. Domesticated albino variety of polecat (6)

8. Country, capital Bamako (4)

9. Formed by solidification of magma (7)

10. North Italian hard cheese with a granular texture (8)

11. Small area of closely spaced trees (7)

13. Poisonous plant, Nicotiana glauca, invasive in South Africa (4,7)

14. Name applied to the pouched rat, ground squirrel and various other burrowing animals (6)

16. Small crustaceans eaten by whales (5)

19. Pale yellow oval citrus fruit (5)

21. North American name for swede (8)

22. Plantation of grape-bearing plants (8)

24. Cultivation or cultivated land (5)

25. Parts of a ruminant’s compound stomach prepared as food (5)

28. Semi-liquid food made from fermented milk (6)

30. Brain, heart, lungs, etc (5,6)

31. Indian city formerly named Madras (7)

33. Delta system of Botswana, a refuge for wildlife (8)

34. Upper layer of the mould in which plants grow (7)

35. Liquid precipitation essential for photosynthesis (4)

36. Help (6)

DOWN

1. Maker and fitter of horseshoes (7)

2. Having two feet (7)

3. Gully between ridges formed by ploughing (6)

4. Breed of bantam chicken with a fleshy red crest, popular in South Africa (8)

5. Name of red wine in Spanish and Portuguese (5)

6. Surroundings (11)

7. Offspring of a male donkey and a female horse (4)

12. Variety of cabbage with edible stems like those of a turnip (8)

15. Type of red ochre used for marking sheep (6)

16. A thick cloth often used for saddle pads (6)

17. Secret scheme or plot (8)

18. Association of wage earners for safeguarding employment conditions (6,5)

19. Daytime illumination (5)

20. Whinny (5)

23. Large level tracts of elevated land (8)

26. Small white burrowing marine creature used by anglers as bait (7)

27. Flightless black-and-white seabird of the Southern Hemisphere (7)

29. Type of large brown-andyellow striped wasp (6)

30. Genus of plants that includes pansies and violets (5)

32. Horny part of a horse’s foot (4)