Travel/ geographical Crossword
by Eddie James

Across

Indian city, centre of Hindi film industry (6)
As spoken in most S. American countries (7)
Old town of southern France, or river of S. Africa (6)
10 See 13 Down
11 Its main river is the Murray (9)
12 What the 'bei' of Beijing means (5)
14 The Prado museum is in this European capital (6)
16 Points gained towards plane travel (3,5)
18 Exclusive resort of Switerland (2,6)
22 Nepalese soldier in British Army (6)
25 Soft white cheese from a district of N. France (4)
26 German city on the River Main (9)
27 Resort of New Jersey, USA, __ City (8)
29 One of many to be seen in the Persian Gulf? (3-3)
30 Canada's second largest province (7)
31 Central London district with a flourishing Chinese community (4)

Down

British colony in NW Atlantic: tourist attraction and tax haven (7)
Type of lizard including the Komodo dragon (7)
The chief port of Egypt (10)
Tuscan town with famous bell-tower (4)
An East African capital (7)
US city, largest in the Pacific Northwest (7)
Once called the 'Dark Continent' (6)
13/10 Water races at e.g. Hong Kong in June/July in honour of a dead poet (10,8)
15 E.g. the Hoover, Pergau or the Kariba (3)
17 Albanian currency (inside temple, Kowloon) (3)
19 Inhabitant of autonomous, mountainous region of SW China (7)
20 Japanese island and its city (7)
21 Swiss city and finance centre (6)
23 Founder of Singapore (7)
24 Essex port and ferry terminal (7)
28 The language of Thailand (3)

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