ACROSS&DOWNzH[9;1.2ch MISTRAL.SOMALIAE.U.A.E.T.E.A.DSPRINGBOK.LAPAZA.I.G.A.I.B.L.E.INTERNATIONAL...A...O.T.U.N.ASIMPLON.SERFDOMI...L.....N...ILARNACA.SHELVEST.A.N.T.C...E.H.GLOBALWARMING.L.E.E.A.L.A.T.DICIER.SALAMANCAN.G.I.E.O.B.O.TEPHESUS.PRAIRIE-------.--------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-------------...-...-.-.-.-.--------.--------...-.....-...--------.--------.-.-.-.-...-.-.-------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------.-------Quiz version of puzzle published by Geograhical magazine March 1999Eddie JamesA strong wind blowing from the Rhone Valley to S. France (7)Flat-topped hill (4)(one spelling of) South American country, formerly Dutch Guiana (7)Andes possibly (5)Middle Eastern country usually preceded by 'The' (7)Country in the N.E. 'Horn of Africa' (7)West Indian island (2,5)Australian city (9)Far northern country of Europe (7)Sounds like short commercials for an axe-like tool (4)Gazelle sportingly representative of South Africa! (9)South American city (2,3)& 24/23 dn Crossed by day-trippers in the Pacific? (13,4,4)Strict US Mennonite sect (5)A pass through the Bernese Alps (7)Sedimentary deposit (4)Place in Snowdonia, Wales (9)Bondage in Middle Ages, etc. (7)Town on S.W. coast of Cyprus (7)Elizabeths favourite US state capital? (7)Mountains in N.W. Africa? (7)Sandbanks and other shipping hazards (7)Bivalve mollusc (7)Resort on the Isle of Wight! (7)Environmental hazard due to accumulation of CO2 gas? (6,7)Large venomous snake found in Africa south of the Sahara (5)(see 11)(see 11)Comparitively frozen (5)A city of western Spain (9)Ancient Greek port of Asia Minor, now in Turkey (7)Extensive grassland (7)