FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 India-born Scottish architect (1907 - 76), knighted in 1960 (3,5,6) 9 Cut out surgically (7) 10 A fast sailing vessel (7) 11 Small breed of dog with long silky hair (10) 12 Lillian __ (1893 - 1993), US actress who starred in The Birth of a Nation (1915) (4) 14 A fine or subtle detail or distinction (6) 15 A judge in the Isle of Man (8) 17 Marsh birds of the heron family (8) 19 A large South American bird with an immense beak (6) 22 River rising in central Italy and flowing about 150 miles into the Ligurian Sea (4) 23 A ribbon-like type of pasta (10) 25 Deprive of freedom of action (7) 26 St Thomas __ (c1225 - 74), Italian

theologian canonised in 1323 (7) 27 US politician (1900 - 65), who was twice the Democrat presidential candidate (1952 and 1956) (5,9)

DOWN

1 Disney animated film (1959) based on a traditional fairy tale (8,6) 2 Term applied to an acid obtained from a certain kind of grape (7) 3 Fife town (pop 3,500), the site of the Scottish Fisheries Museum (10) 4 Draw up in exact duplicate (6) 5 Prominent greek phi lo so pher(c 469-399 BC) (8) 6 Port city (pop about 100,000) in northwest Pennsylvania (4) 7 Citizen of country in southern Europe (3,572 sq miles; pop 1.2 million) (7) 8 Shetland-born shipowner (1792 - 1868) who was chairman of P&O (6,8) 13 The mouthpiece of a wind instrument (10) 16 The hanuman monkey of India (8) 18 A large mug-like vessel (7) 20 Corner-stones (7) 21 A section of a cart-wheel rim (6) 24 Novel by Jane Austen (1815 - 16) (4)