ACROSS
1. Country remote from settlements (8) 5. Areas on a hillside levelled for cultivation (8) 10. Of a bird, having hooked claws (7) 12. The___plover of Southern Africa has distinctive blackand-white head markings (7) 13. Any fleshy stone fruit (5) 14. Collective term 15. Start a sea voyage (3,4) 16. Runnels (5) 19. Dog used for killing large rodents (6) 22. Speech-giver (6) 24. Exists in great numbers (7) 25. South African sausage (4) 26. Genus of plants with tuberous roots and spectacular flowers (4) 28. Yield; crops (7) 30. Fix the value of (6) 33. The___monkey is also known as the macaque (6) 36. Domain (5) 39. To prey upon (7) 40. Stoats (7) 41. Open injury (5) 42. Greek wine with a resin flavour (7) 43. One who receives a bequest (7) 44. Family or institutional domestic managers (8) 45. Fruit boiled in sugar for keeping (8)