Mallorca Bulletin

SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINE­D

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ACROSS

1. A way to set a car engine purring that involves a push! (4-5)

6. French sculptor (18401917) whose works are displayed all over the world including in the Palau March gallery in Palma, Mallorca (5)

9. Love affair (7)

10. Entertainm­ent venue in an impressive 16th century finca near Palma, Mallorca (3,4)

11. Angry (5)

12. Steady applicatio­n to work, industry (9)

13. Brands, plural of 15ac (8)

15. Mark of a wound (4)

19. Spot, see at a distance (4)

20. Kept back, held (8)

23. Dairy product made from sheep, in the Balearic Islands it is often made from the local breed of Red Mallorcan sheep (3,6)

24. Plant with swordshape­d leaves and white flowers, widely grown in Mallorca (5)

26. Different in some way, important (7)

27. Large bird with bright plumage, seen in several reserves in Mallorca, notably the Finca Publica de Son Real near Can Picafort (7)

28. Supple, limber (5)

29. Plundered (9)

DOWN

1, 3dn. Name of the garden square near the Real Club Nautico on the sea front in Palma, Mallorca (7,2,3,5)

2. Deadly African snake (5)

3. See 1dn

4. Short narrative of an incident (8)

5. Struggle, fight (6)

6. Go back on a promise (6)

7. Order of monks with a long history on Mallorca, notably a monastery in Inca and a convent in Pollensa (9)

8. Courage, audacity (5)

14. Tool (9)

16, 21dn. Also known as the “butcher bird” this creature rests in Mallorca on its flight to winter quarters in Africa, though its numbers are decreasing (3-6,6)

17. Story by J. M. Barrie that has been adapted for film and pantomime (5,3)

18. Largest living rodent (8)

21. See 16dn

22. Undergroun­d room (6)

23. Frame for supporting a picture (5)

25. Timepiece (5)

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