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World Geography Challenge Crossword Puzzle

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This puzzle is the result of a competition with fellow author windrush, to see who could slot the greater percentage of geographical terms into a large grid. This crossword has 84.6% (44/52) along with five anagrams. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. 1A + 12A: Caribbean nation: Saint ____ and ____ (first word, 5)
      7. Only sovereign country named after a woman: Saint ____ (5)
      10. Russian autonomous republic; capital Cheboksary (9)
      11. Tiny Pacific nation, once known as a phosphate exporter (5)
      12. 1A + 12A: Caribbean nation: Saint ____ and ____ (second word, 5)
      13. KERB SCANS reveal effrontery (Brit., inf., anag., 5,4)
      14. Bhopal locale (5)
      17. Mongolian mountain range (5)
      20. African nation whose political capital is Gitega (7)
      24. Neighbour of 20A, capital Kigali (6)
      25. Flightless bird, such as New Zealand's kiwi (6)
      26. Warlike behaviour between countries (7)
      27. West African republic, capital Conakry (6)
      28. Art museum in Paris, France (6)
      29. Landlocked republic in SE Europe, capital Chisinau (7)
      30. Former 14A Prime Minister, Gandhi (6)
      31. Stealthy Japanese mercenaries (6)
      32. Avian frequenting coastal waters (7 or 3,4)
      36. Cardiff's country (5)
      39. Russia's ____ Republic, capital Yakutsk, coldest inhabited 35D of the world (5)
      42. During the hours of darkness (9)
      43. Former Portuguese colony in China (5)
      44. Vague AS TO A city in the Italian Alps (anag., 5)
      45. Fair play, to some (9)
      46. Asian republic: ____ Korea (5)
      47. African antelope (5)

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      1. Japanese writing style (5)
      2. Set straight (5)
      3. Diving apparatus featuring in Maldives' vacations (init., 5)
      4. Polynesian country whose Internet suffix is .tv (6)
      5. Capital of the 20D (6)
      6. Type of volcano OR protective piece (6)
      7. Ceylon was renamed: Sri ____ (5)
      8. African catlike mammal (5)
      9. Too, in Toulouse (5)
      15. World's second largest island (3,6)
      16. GENIE IN ON rocket propulsion device using positively charged particles (anag., 3,6)
      18. Baltic country (9)
      19. Consequence (9)
      20. Country whose coat of arms includes a marlin and a flamingo (7)
      21. Colourful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) (7)
      22. Kenya's capital (7)
      23. St. Patrick's country (7)
      33. Kuwaiti leaders (var., 6)
      34. Bay of ____ (body of water fed by the Ganges) (6)
      35. Zone (6)
      36. People who can deliver (5)
      37. It's CLEAR: becoming the Renault 5 vehicle's N. American marketing name (anag., 2,3)
      38. UN member since 2011, ____ Sudan (5)
      39. One of Australia's six (5)
      40. ASKS A question: Hungarian name for the Slovakian city of Kosice? (anag., 5)
      41. Mariehamn is the capital of this Finnish archipelago (5)