COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE
ACROSS
1 Blocks or portions, especially of an issue of shares (8) 5 Lake __ the US venue for the 1980 Winter Olympics (6) 9 The American or black larch (8) 10 A highly inflammable petroleum jelly, used in bombs, etc (6) 12 Lead-gance, native sulphide of lead (6) 13 Lake __ , a large, shallow alkaline lake in north-west USA (5) 16 Pete __ (1919 - 2014), US folk singer and political activist (6) 17 A winch, especially on board a ship (8) 20 Provincial capital in Canada (pop about 950,000), founded as a fort in 1795 (8) 21 A bracket candlestick (6) 23 Indian state (38,301 sq miles; pop about 90 million), bordering on Nepal (5) 25 Method of ornamenting metal by
engraving (6) 28 Members of Germanic tribe who invaded
England in the 5th century (6) 29 Town in the south-west (pop about 2,500),
known as the “Muckle Toun” (8) 30 R H __ (1880 - 1962), Indian-born British
economic historian (6) 31 Legendary king of Sparta, the husband of
Helen of Troy (8)
DOWN
1 Soldier and statesman (1892 - 1980), who became President of Yugoslavia in 1953 (4) 2 An Egyptian dancing girl (4) 3 A purplish-red seaweed used for making soups, etc (8) 4 Type of small round cake, filled with currants (6) 6 Asian capital city (pop about 450,000), situated at an altitude of 11,450 feet (5) 7 A bunch of short chains bearing keys, etc, attached to a belt (10) 8 Small cups of, or for, black coffee (10) 11 A type of lethal nerve gas (5) 14 A bone-forming cell (10) 15 Town in Lanarkshire (pop about 3,500), once a coal-mining centre (10) 18 The Ten Commandments (9) 19 Lorna __ , the principal character in a novel by R D Blackmore (1869) (5) 22 Shakespearean character, the goddess of witches (6) 24 Historical term for a bailiff or steward (5) 26 Emile __ (1840 -1902), French novelist who wrote Germinal (1885) (4) 27 Large flightless birds native to Australia (4)
ACROSS
1 A West Indian dance (5) 4 Rot (5) 10 Constellation (5) 11 Retribution (7) 12 Propose for election (8) 13 A rod or spindle (4) 15 Snare (6) 17 Feel curious (6) 19 Be unsuccessful (4) 20 Unchangeable (8) 23 A slight hint (7) 24 Musical composition (5) 25 Make amends (5) 26 Stringed instrument (5)
DOWN
2 Turn of phrase (5) 3 Windfalls (8) 5 Jealousy (4) 6 Attached (7) 7 Forged (11) 8 Talk at length (5) 9 Insight (11) 14 Retain (8) 16 Small ornament (7) 18 A branch (5) 21 Abolish (5) 22 A portent (4)