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Cryptic 13x13 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 24 Oct 2011 Title: Zoo time?
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Across
7. The boa-constrictor (6)
8. The Arctic fox (6)
9. Small Japanese deer with forked antlers (4)
10. Langour of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India (8)
11. Friendly but very loud sailor pushed into drink (7)
13. The gnu goat (5)
15. Broken rusty shelters for Siberian nomads (5)
16. Great bat (clue - not out!) (7)
18. Olive-green lizard found in Mediterranean ruins (8)
19. De-rail the currency (4)
21. European wild horse, extinct since the early 20th century (6)
22. Wool for a hat the French turn round (6)
Down
1. It was repeatedly taken up to the monkey (4)
2. A poet? No! It's simply another ruminant (13)
3. Small, swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia, having lustrous eyes (7)
4. Inclines to be quixotic (5)
5. Savannah inhabtant of E. Africa (5,8)
6. Showing trust, Fido's docked when Lucia's around (8)
12. Flying nocturnal mammal resembling a mouse with a fondness for sweet things? (5,3)
14. Also known as the Gymnure or 'hairy hedgehog' (4,3)
17. Sterile offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass (5)
20. Johannes ____ - 17th century Danish painter (4)