FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ruined abbey in the south-west, founded in 1275 (10) 6 Charles __ (1775 - 1834), London-born writer best known for his Essays of Elia (4) 10 South american country (1,073,500sq miles; pop 44 million), independent since 1816 (9) 11 Auguste __ (1840 - 1917), French sculptor who created The Kiss (1886) (5) 12 Sir Richard __ (1672 - 1729), Irish-born essayist who co-founded The Spectator (1711 - 12) (6) 13 Deteriorate with age (of a living organism)

(7) 15 The sweet-briar (9) 18 A god of the woodlands in Greek mythology (5) 19 Large American wild cats (5) 21 Babe __ (1911 - 56), US athlete who also won ten LPGA majors (9) 23 Sir Henry __ (1756 - 1823), Edinburgh-born

portrait painter (7) 24 A long mountain range with jagged peaks

(6) 27 Ancient Indian city in Madhya Pradesh

(pop about 85,000) (5) 28 Republic in south-east Asia (247 sq miles; pop about 5.6 million), independent since 1965 (9) 29 George __ (1804 - 76), pseudonym of

French novelist (4) 30 Relating to priests or the priesthood (10)

DOWN

1 Annie S __ (1859 - 1943), Edinburgh-born novelist (4) 2 A disease of grasses, especially rye (5) 3 Ruined abbey in Wales, founded in 1131 (7) 4 The outer membrane of a pollen-grain or spore (5) 5 Place near the shore where ships can ride at anchor (9) 7 Volcanic rocks found in South America (9) 8 A trade name for amphetamine (10) 9 Planet discovered by Herschel in 1781 (6) 14 Reckless violent criminals (10) 16 William __ (d 1328), churchman who was a Guardian of the Kingdom (9) 17 Country in south-east Asia (735,000 sq miles; pop about 260,000), independent since 1949 (9) 20 Georges __ (1859 - 91), French postimpressionist painter (6) 22 Country in northern Europe (103,000 sq miles; pop about 320,000), independent since 1944 (7) 24 Emeli __ (b 1987), Scottish singer awarded

the MBE this year (5) 25 A set of fowls nesting together (5) 26 Small island in the Inner Hebrides, one of

the Slate Islands (4)