ACROSS
3. Brings out of or emerges from an egg (7) 8. Large insect with transparent wings, the male of which chirps loudly (6) 9. Low hill (6) 10. Pods of_____, a Mexican orchid, used to flavour ice cream (7) 11. Main element of a diet (6) 12. A 13. Ethnic group located mainly in Limpopo and Mpumalanga (7) 15. Constant dull pains (5) 18. Vegetable organism (5) 21. Dark-red cherry used in flavouring brandy (7) 23. Relating to land use and management (8) 24. Moth caterpillar destructive to cotton (8) 26. Small, pale, seedless raisin (7) 27. Slope of loose rocks at the base of a cliff or mountain face (5) 30. Move rhythmically (5) 33. Close acquaintances (7) 35. To accustom or make something harmonise (6) 36. Eagerly desirous of food (6) 37. Dish of rice cooked in stock with meat or seafood (7) 38. The_____fowl is a native African ground-dwelling bird of the pheasant family (6) 39. Pineapple (_____) (6) 40. Relating to milk (7)
