FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A beauty therapist in the United States (12) 8 South American river rising in Venezuela and flowing 1,330 miles into the Atlantic Ocean (7) 9 Galina __ (1910 - 98), Russian dancer who was the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre (7) 11 European river rising in the Czech Republic and flowing 531 miles into the Baltic Sea (4) 12 Nickname of a notorious English pirate (c1680 - 1718) (10) 14 Cathedral city in south-west England (pop about 130,000) (6) 15 A type of North American mole (4-4) 17 Historic region of northern France (13,136 sq miles; pop about 4.5 million (8) 19 Ancient city in Jutland (pop 95,000), the site of a cathedral founded in the 12th century (6) 22 Ruined priory on an island in the Lake of Menteith, founded in 1238 (10) 23 The red-eye, a fish close akin to the roach (4) 25 Thin Indian cake of flour, water and ghee (7) 26 Popular novel by EL Doctor ow (1975)(7) 27 Wealthy edinburgh gold smith who left £23,625 to found a school in the city (6,6)

DOWN

1 City in west Texas (pop about 120,000), founded in 1881 (7) 2 A flat-bottomed boat (4) 3 A fairground game (4-2) 4 Delete the digits of a number not considered significant (math) (8) 5 A famous red Burgundy from a vineyard near Dijon (10) 6 A tropical tree, or its pear-shaped fruit (7) 7 Jingoistic cartoon character created by David Low (1891 - 1963) (7,5) 10 Edinburgh-born painter and etcher (17831844)(6,6) 13 A verse of five measures or feet (10) 16 Rudimentary, or not established (8) 18 Cause to bend inward (7) 20 An ophthamologist or optician (7) 21 To wet, moisten or soak (6) 24 Citrus fruit; a cross between a tangerine,

grapefruit and orange (4)