GEOGRAPHICAL-themed crossword
by Eddie James
(published by Geographical magazine, June '00)

Across

1Arctic transport team organised hikes around America (7)
5Legendary giants whose world view was rather singular (7)
9/7Super ceramic divider as could be seen by observer on the moon? (5,4,2,5)
10Burundi clearly holds back Spanish hero (2,3)
11In steamer, I cabled the continent (7)
12Note in a bar about a horse breed (7)
13There’s a lot of this in a desert in Hindustan (4)
14Awfully far trek, say, for a female traveller (5,5)
18Its aim is a better understanding of why the earth moves for some! (10)
22Greece, we hear, is part of Athens! (3)
24Energy surrounds volcano in this SE Asian country (7)
25Barnsley endlessly excited by this massive ice shelf! (6,1)
26Aquatic mammals impressions (5)
27Not a single degree ascribed to this London borough (9)
28Good man dines out in Paris suburb (2-5)
29This cetacean’s an integral part of sonar whaling (7)

Down

1The most elevated aspect of a major uprising in South America (4,5)
2Middle Eastern currency is quiet and sort of sleek (7)
3Its air polluted a European peninsula (6)
4Airline out of Canaries (not eastern) (7)
5N. American city’s an amalgam of California, Georgia and outskirts of Rugby! (7)
6Carves out south-eastern fissure (8)
7See 9 Across
8US and possibly African republic (5)
15Ode about Tokyo in the old days (3)
16“Blitz UK!” he snarled from this winter sports resort (9)
17Possibly makes amends about United Nations explorer (8)
19Service LandRover more than covers this country (7)
20Go miles off course for this French administrative centre (7)
21A long turning going round the French ship (7)
22I’m about to enter the bodily substance of this European language (7)
23Scandinavian crowns in Gdansk – Ron erupts! (6)
24Avis reorganised to a point but they'll get you into some countries (5)

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