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May 2022 Geographical crossword

20 May 2022
2 minutes

Can you complete Geographical’s May 2022 crossword puzzle?


The first correctly completed crossword selected at random wins a copy of Philip’s Essential World Atlas – a comprehensive hardback atlas worth £25

Send your entry to Geographical, 3.16 Q West, 1100 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 0GP, marked ‘May Crossword’. Please include an email address.

Entries close on 21 May.

CLICK HERE for a printable version of this month’s crossword

ACROSS

7 New car, Polo perhaps, is something seen in Athens (9) 

8 Climb onto Everest? (5)

10 Throw overboard from modern aircraft – it’s no different (8)

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11 No opening for new airbase here in the Balkans (6)

12 Old South American in mountain cave (4)

13 For example, perhaps pity an inhabitant of Cairo (8)

15 Unexpected alert – UN is taking neither side (7)

17 Compactness of unfinished Tyneside redevelopment (7)

20 A new venue, including river and golf, in French region (8)

22 Bit of a Katy Perry sort of person? (4)

25 Nomads processing fruit (6)

26 GPS withdrawn from disorderly campaigners from the USA (8)

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27 See 21 down

28 Nut, as I chop it roughly (9)


DOWN

1 Suffers a dull pain in a small English county (5)

2 Half of boys stay only in Massachusetts city (6)

3 Waterbird involved in boat wreck in African country (8)

4 Individual enters seaside attraction – first to explore it? (7)

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5 Coarsest sort of old philosopher (8)

6 Some bemoan tip as Tom brings Italian hors d’oeuvre (9)

9 Catch sight of oriental agent? (4)

14 Maybe lure James into disputed city (9)

16 They embrace girl returning to Greek region (8)

18 Earnest request for semi-open international agreement (8)

19 A live TV broadcast from Israeli city (3,4)

21 and 27 across Spooner’s enthusiastic dessert for a 26 in 24 star! (4,5)

23 Cost includes end of recognition for member of tthe Royal Family (6)

24 City that’s initially popular – and river is Seine (5)

Get the answers in the June issue of Geographical!

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