wACROSS&DOWNzHs@;!^1.2c ANTIBES.BUFFALOV.R.E.E.A.O.S.GATOLL.ALLIGATORL.V.G.H.I.B.R.EAMERICAN.SABOTSN...U.R.A.N.L..CATAMARAN.KRAALH.R...I.T...B.EEVIAN.ELALAMEIN..A.A.R.R.R...ILATINO.ACIDRAINA.H.K.C.T.E.Q.GGALLIPOLI.CHAIRO.O.N.A.C.H.B.ASENEGAL.ABELARD-------.--------.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------.-------...-.-.-.-.-..---------.------.-...-.-...-.------.---------..-.-.-.-.-...-------.---------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------.-------published by Geograhical magazine Feb 1999Eddie JamesA little hestitant, I besiege Riviera port (7)Not the sort of rapid descent welcomed by skiers! (9)Treasure secreted in metro (Vendme) (5)Country blue MG I souped up (7)Her Sierra a recycled military aircraft! (3,7)(see 11)A little scuba likely here just east of Java? (4)It severely limits the sailors view of obscure financial institution (3-4)Modify as table or as a scientific measuring instrument (9)Giants own goal limited result (5)Island where one abandoned wanton Lolita (5)Amphibians strange gait a roll (9)(& 5ac.) Animal slaughtered almost to extinction, states northern expert Gore on oxygen (8,7)Wooden shoes, South African shoes, lacking nothing (6)Inca cat art might come from the continent (10)Such a boat is able to get around a river of Cornwall / Devon? (9)Athletic endurance test organised at Hilton, right? (9)A lark wrecking an African stockade (5)Besieged city in nil danger, oddly enough (9)The reverse of unsophisticated this French spa town! (5)City of China having no one ruler (7)Lane, a mile perhaps from site of desert battle (2,7)Department of Rhne-Alpes region with one road to church between two points (7)Hispanic US resident of Los Angeles can ring (6)African city, the resort of the Portuguese! (5)LSD - downfall of pollution! (4,4)Part of Iraq: a battle-zone port (5)Fuel one found in depression between mountains (4)Doomed Dardanelles venture produces Georgia oil spill - pointless, awful (9)Seat in Munich airport (5)Seen cavorting with cowboy's girl in West African country (7)French theologian and devoted lover has real bad turn (7)