The NI prize crossword

New Internationalist, August, 2004

Win a copy of the latest World Guide reference book ... All correct solutions received by the 25th of the cover month will be put into a draw--though only the winner will be notified. Post your entry to NI Crossword, 55 Rectory Road, Oxford, OX4 1BW, England; fax it to 44 1865 793152; or email a scan to nicrossword@newint.org Winner for 87: Paul Galea, Perth, Australia.

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89 by Axe

Cryptic

Across

1 Explosion restrained secret service head ahead of Sumatran river port (9)

6 A Bantu is detailed to find city in Argentina (4)

10 Power units in old LA trouble spot ... (5)

11 ... to whom Paul wrote, being against LA reform (9)

12 Does it represent several sources of water in greater Johannesburg? (7)

13 Maybe the mini-miniskirt is linked to Tuscan town (7)

14 French place little girl Nancy's familiar with (5)

16 Tremor hitting river and cathedral and much of old Philadelphia, perhaps? (9)

17 A Schubert-crazy place in Romania (9)

19 Russian leaders sandwiched between vehicles (Zils leading) (5)

21 Cote d'Ivoire town where one gets to dine eccentrically (7)

22 A Carpathian outpost for the Church of England and a presence in the Fijian capital (7)

25 Old Malawi has a say, in return, in new country (9)

26 Raid into American liquor supplies starts with Yemeni money (5)

27 Tennessee place the loss of French town to a fort in Kentucky? (4)

28 Site in Germany for UK's carbon recycling (9)

Down

1 Part of Wales you see first? (5)

2 Catholic site in Rome for the dead rabbi needs a name (7)

3 Korean port poured during Bahamas anniversary (5)

4 Boy from Highland part of Scotland? (5)

5 Ghana's colonial past proclaiming its precious littoral (4,5)

7 Danish island ignoring current which divides it into North and South? (7)

8 Canaries spot girl circling a tree to climb up (3,6)

9 Be rustic about the place in Brittany (2,6)

14 Dalmatian favourite of the French family set up the lead given to brother number five (9)

15 Returning is one included among island and sea people of C Africa (4-4)

16 Rare quote circulating about the state of C Mexico (9)

18 Windy place this, but fashionable in the past (7)

20 Jacaranda's coming up, and is out in the golden city of N Brazil (7)

22 African country, where some 15 live, accept a date takes a girl's heart away (5)

23 State carriage about to arrive at American race (5)

24 Greenland base for a Royal Society--British--connection (5)

Quick

Across

1 Capital of S Sumatra and of former Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya (9)

6 Argentinian city on the Buenos Aires-Bahia Blanca rail line (4)

10 Depressed district of Los Angeles, scene of a major riot in 1965 (5)

11 Roman empire provincials of Asia Minor (9)

12 City within the Johannesburg conurbation (7)

13 Tuscan town famed for its white marble, used by Michelangelo (7)

14 Medieval town built on two levels on the R Rance in Brittany (5)

16 Domain of the Religious Society of Friends (9)

17 Romania's capital city (9)

19 Emperors of Russia (5)

21 Historic town of the Cote d'Ivoire's northern savanna (7)

22 Mining city of NE Romania, the medieval Moldavian capital (7)

25 Malawi before 1964 (9)

26 Yemeni or Saudi currency (5)

27 Fort __, home of much of the US's federal gold reserve (4)

28 City of Lower Saxony, birthplace of writer Erich Maria Remarque (9)

Down

1 Welsh administrative county, centre Llandrindod Wells (5)

2 Palace in Rome, home to the popes until the 14th C (7)

3 Port of S Korea at the closest point to Japan (5)

4 Scottish administrative region and former county, centre Forfar (5)

5 Ghana until 1960 (4,5)

7 Denmark's largest island (7)

8 Canary Islands' capital, on Gran Canaria (3,6)

9 Capital of the French department of Cote d'Armor (2,6)

14 Croatian city on the Adriatic, badly damaged in troubles of 1990s (9)

15 Mixed negroid race of Sudan and Chad, named for their propensity for cannibalism (4-4)

16 State of Mexico and its capital--Maximilian shot here in 1867 (9)

18 US's third--largest city (7)

20 City of N Brazil, planned as the state capital of Sergipe (7)

22 African country--its NE once formed part of ancient Nubia (5)

23 American Indian race of N South America and the West Indies (5)

24 Greenland fjord, haven for geologists and hunters of musk ox (5)

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