FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A heavy staff or stick (6) 4 Inspiration (often divine) (8) 9 Country in south-east Africa (45,747 sq miles; pop about 18 million), independent since 1964 (6) 10 An American freshwater tortoise (8) 12 A highly toxic lethal nerve gas (5) 13 The wife of King Arthur in Arthurian legend (9) 14 Small city in Northern Irelnd (pop about 70,000), granted city status in 2002(7) 15 Neil __ (1891 - 1973), Dunbeath-born novelsit who wtote The Grey Coast (1924) (4) 19 A thick, strong, grey cloth (4) 21 Menbers of a native American tribe in Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc (7) 24 A wild reckless person (9) 26 The leader of the wolf pack in the Jungle Book (5) 27 Small island in the Inner Hebrides (15.7 sq

miles; pop about 150), west of Jura (8) 28 Greek island (96 sq miles; pop about

3,200), one of the Ionian Islands (6) 29 The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians

(8) 30 A flowering plant yielding gingili oil (6)

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1 A loose underbodice, with or without sleeves (8) 2 In a soft, pathetic manner (mus) (8) 3 Orkney-born poet and critic (1887 - 1959), who wrote The Labyrinth (1949) (5,4) 5 Alexander __ (1881 -1955), Darvel-born physician, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1945) (7) 6 Peter __ (1904 - 64), Hungarian-born US actor who appeared in The Maltese Falcon (1941) (5) 7 Pith helmets, worn especially in India (6) 8 An insectivorous bog-plant (Drosera) (3-3) 11 A type of melon with a green skin and a pale green flesh (4) 16 Former Cistercian monastery in Midlothian, founded in 1140 (9) 17 River rising in central Guyana and flowing 215 miles into the Atlantic Ocean (8) 18 A dike of piles in a morass, river, etc, against an enemy (8) 20 A silk stuff on which figures are wrought (7) 21 Fishing port and seaide town in the Isle of Man (pop 5,000) (4) 22 Small spring plant with bright yellow,

purple and white flowers (6) 23 Name applied to various Ford models from

1939 to 1967 (6) 25 Ancientregioninanatoliainpresent-day

Turkey (5)