FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The Seven Hunters in the Outer Hebrides (7,5) 9 An area of potential trouble, especially political (fig) (3,4) 10 Irish stick-and-ball team sport (7) 11 A province or department in ancient Egypt (4) 12 Smart, quick or agile (coll) (5) 13 West Asian capital city and seaport (pop about 3.2 million) on the Caspian Sea (4) 16 A ridge formed by wind erosion from sand, silt, etc (7) 17 By-product or incidental result of a larger project (4-3) 18 Gilded, or floridly rhetorical (7) 21 Proverbial term for a jolly young man (4-3) 23 Vanessa __ (1879 - 1961), London-born painter and interior designer (4) 24 The last king of Troy in Greek mythology (5) 25 Christian __ (1905 - 57), a leading French fashion designer (4) 28 A postponed case, or parliamentary bill (7) 29 A temporary expedient or substitute (4-3) 30 Nickname for southern US state (about 50,000 sq miles; pop 4.7 million) (7,5)

DOWN

2 Hugh __ (c1487 - 1555), one of the three Oxford Martyrs (7) 3 Union joining NALGO and COHSE to form Unison in 1993 (4) 4 The Icelandic parliament (7) 5 Instigates, or moves to action (7) 6 Capital city in South America (pop about 9.5 million), founded in 1535 (4) 7 The giant cactus (7) 8 A small carnivorous bog plant, native to the south-east USA (5,7) 9 Edinburgh-born portrait painter (1756 1823), knighted in 1822 (5,7) 14 Citizen of small island country in the Caribbean (170 sq miles; pop about 280,000) (5) 15 The goddess of the hunt in Roman mythology (5) 19 An uncooked pickled herring fillet (7) 20 A rock or boulder differing from the surrounding rock (7) 21 Gloria __ (1899 - 1982), US actress who starred in Sunset Boulevard (1950) (7) 22 One of the patron saints of Ireland (7) 26 Indigo plant or dye (4) 27 A law student’s discussion of a hypothetical case (4)