FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Rothesay-born artist (1879 - 1931), one of the Scottish Colourists (6,6) 9 Sir Frank Fraser __ (1903 - 79), ecologist who was director of the West Highland Survey (1944-50) (7) 10 A bright orange colouring matter (7) 11 A wand of authority (4) 12 The eskimo people of Greenland, northern
Canada, etc (5) 13 John __ (1752-1835), London-born architect who designed the Royal Pavilion in Brighton (4) 16 The former national currency of Greece (7) 17 Gian Carlo __ (1911-1968), Italian-born US
composer (7) 18 Apartment houses in ancient Rome (7) 21 Marcel __ (1887-1968), French artist who was a leading figure in the dada art movement (7) 23 Former county town (pop about 2,700) in
the Borders (4) 24 Small device used for a particular purpose
(5) 25 Churchman (c 673-736), regarded as the
“Father of English History” (4) 28 Regionof Portugal(1,828sqmiles; pop about 450,000), a popular tourist destination (7) 29 Contaminated or infected (7) 30 Perthshire village, a popular centre for
watersports (12) DOWN 2 Ancient region of central Italy (7) 3 One of a family of ground-living birds, including the crakes, coots, etc (4) 4 Girl’s name from the Greek for “well-born” (7) 5 A radioactive silvery-white metallic element (7) 6 US award for meritorious work in the theatre (4) 7 Undo the previous move in chess (7) 8 Former fishing village, now the HQ of its local government district (12) 9 Poet (c 1486-1555) who wrote The Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis (5,7) 14 S American country (291,930 sq miles. pop 18 million), independent since 1818 (5) 15 The great-grandfather of Noah in the Old Testament (5) 19 West African country (75,951 sq miles; pop 16 million), independent since 1960 (7) 20 A funeral ode (7) 21 The goddess of the harvest in Greek
mythology (7) 22 Severementaldisability(7) 26 A large aquatic reptile (abbrev) (4) 27 Lillian __ (1893 - 1993), US actress who
starred in The Birth of a Nation (1916) (4)