ACROSS
1. English breed of cattle introduced to South Africa in 1890 (8) 5. Invertebrates of a large phylum that includes gastropods and scallops (8) 11. Person who lives retired from the world (7) 12. Dig up (7) 13. A spring wheat grown in North Africa (5) 14. Ring of15. Consuming (6) 16. Striped equine animal of Africa (5) 19. Genus of African antelopes with long, thin horns (4) 23. List of dishes available in a restaurant (4) 24. Composite plant whose leaves are used in salads (7) 25. Leguminous plant whose seeds are used for food (5) 26. Meal taken in the middle of the day (5) 28. Open-air device for telling the time by shadow (7) 30. Rudimentary form of a plant; a shoot (4) 32. Common domestic cattle (4) 35. Scatter loosely (5) 38. Roof of the mouth (6) 39. Small bone or cut of meat from the chest (6) 40. Of pain, intense (5) 42. Preventing or not liable to decay (7) 43. Layer or bed of sedimentary rock (7) 44. Long, narrow cuts in the ground (8) 45. Representative by sign; emblematic (8)
