Iq 1627

[pomona]

3d Watercourse, in places contaminated with 39 in Florence. (4) has EE in it ...39 is FLOC
4d Zambia faces South Africa after preliminary stages of the Africa Cup (5) ... have AZ in it
30d Back in province of Indonesia (6)

[pomona]

3d is of course REEN

[ProfessorMaisie]

4 TAZZA 30 NIBALI (yes, to the others).

[pomona]

Thank you ....cycling the rows ... i can't see how 2 more tourists appear in col 1. My letters in column 1 are from atheists and sea ape ??

[ProfessorMaisie]

They will appear (7+7) if you've entered SEAAPE in normal order and the other word in cycled form - the first starts G, the second H and they're part of a specific group of 7.

[pomona]

Thank you. I think i was "cycling" in the wrong order ...columns before rows! I see it now. Thank you.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Good luck keeping track of the colours, pomona - I had a few strays in my intermediate grid and things got a bit messy!

[sunny-dave]

Phew - probably the best crossword I've done for many months - far better than any recent Listener.

Many, many thanks to Harribobs for a wonderful piece of construction (and some very nice clues along the way too).