Complete Clue List
Across
1. Southern African Atlantic Coast desert (a bit short of a country)
6. Formalised customs
9. Smallest Baltic nation
10. Thin porridge or oatmeal dish
11. North Dakotan city immortalised by the Coen Brothers
12. Japanese island battleground (3,4)
14. Small European capital
17. Arabian male monarchs (alt.)
20. Almost but not quite an island
23. Native Americans from the Beehive State
24. Geographical chasm
25. Ancient city immortalised in Greek literature: a battle, a beautiful woman and a hollow horse
26. Email garbage or processed meat depending especially if you live in Hawaii
27. Flat-topped hill usually with steep escarpments
29. Primitive eucaryotic organism (just one)
30. A headland near Cadiz, Spain, a Napoleonic battle or a London square
33. Together with 36D, first former name of a two word landlocked African country now Burkina Faso
35. Spaces or voids in rock; facilitated shelter for early man
38. Northern African nation gained independence from France 1962
41. Obvious
42. Indian city but not quite the capital
43. Turkish title of nobility meaning 'sir' or 'master'
44. Scottish River lends its name to a fabric type and a border town & river in NSW Australia
45. Tequila main ingredient
Down
1. South Israeli desert
2. Baseball pitcher's height advantage
3. English-speaking Central American country
4. North-western French city, July'44 battleground (Not long enough to be in the US Midwest) (2,2)
5. Ancient Incan sun god
6. Mr Nadal, former world number one tennis player
7. Gates to Shinto shrines
8. Glaswegians and Edinburghers for example
13. Chinese boat often mistaken for rubbish
15. Largest city in Belgium is not the capital
16. New York minus New York City
18. Sea enclosed by Turkey connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea (through two straits)
19. Displaced person unlikely to return home
21. Zambia's third-largest city and largest city in the Copperbelt
22. Unclip (washing from the line for example)
28. Geographical feature associated with Fear, Good Hope and a Horn
31. Initial movie classification (especially in US and Australia) that limited viewership (1-5)
32. Colony of New France
33. German submarine (1-4)
34. Greek Titan and goddess of the Moon (alt.)
36. Together with 33A, second former name of a two word landlocked African country now Burkina Faso
37. Pointed bit attached to a church
39. Present (noun), donation or offering
40. Nevadan city (confused about its size)