FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One of the four national languages of Switzerland (7) 5 Anne __ (1895 - 1965), Galashiels-born artist who painted The Indian Rug (7) 9 Introduce to notice, or make something prominent (5,2) 10 John __ (c1249 - 1314), nobleman chosen as King of Scotland (1292 - 96) (7) 11 Popular breed of cattle originating in northeast England (9) 12 One of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides (5) 13 Dialect term for a fist (5) 15 River rising in Colorado and flowing 1,896 miles into the Gulf of Mexico (3,6) 16 Drove too closely behind another vehicle (9) 18 Show to be false (5) 21 River of south-west France, rising in the Pyrenees and flowing 200 miles into the Bay of Biscay (5) 22 Gradually increasing in loudness( mus )(9) 24 Dutch philosopher and theologian (1632 77), who wrote the Ethics (7) 26 A place where cattle are housed, especially at markets and docks (7) 27 A large North American butterfly (7) 28 Robert __ (c1240 - 1316), Bishop of Glasgow, appointed a Guardian of the Realm in 1286 (7)

DOWN

1 Paul __ (1888 - 1976), US lawyer, singer, actor and civil rights activist (7) 2 A disused gold coin of Portugal (7) 3 __ Shift, an American comedy film directed by Ron Howard (5) 4 The moral code of physicians (11, 4) 5 An English domestic spirit or brownie (5,10) 6 The pigeon-pea plant (3) 7 City in southern France (pop about 90,000), on the River Rhone (7) 8 Richard __ (1856 - 1928), Edinburgh-born lawyer who was Lord Chancellor (1912 - 15) and again in 1924 (7) 12 The algorroba or locust-tree (5) 14 David __ (b 1948), Birmingham-born playwright who wrote Destiny (1976) (5) 16 A cross-piece or cross-beam (7) 17 Citizen of a west African country (124,470 sq miles; pop about 24 million) (7) 19 Flowering shrub of the vervain family (7) 20 A caustic which eats away extraneous growths (med) (7) 23 Greek island in the Aegean Sea (325 sq miles; pop about 50,000) (5) 25 John Boyd __ (1880 - 1971), Kilmaurs-born nutritionist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (3)