FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ancient Phoenician port city in southern Lebanon (pop about 60,000) (4) 3 Great lustre or brightness (10) 10 A wild reckless person (9) 11 Old European measure for wines and spirits

(5) 12 One of the three musketeers in the novel by

Alexandre Dumas (5) 13 A Puritan cavalryman (8) 15 Thin material made of silk, rayon or nylon

(7) 17 A short, rapid tug on a horse’s reins (7) 19 Winged sandals, a symbol of Hermes in

Greek mythology (7) 21 A faithful follower (7) 22 A beekeeper (8) 24 Obsolete terms for smooth or clear-cut (5) 27 Potter’sclay(5) 28 Port city in north-west Russia (pop about

350,000), on the White Sea (9) 29 An infectious tropical virus disease, often

fatal (5,5) 30 A head or bust on a square base (4)

DOWN

1 A brownish-red colour (10) 2 The charlock or wid radish (5) 4 US state (65,755 sq miles; pop 21 million), nicknamed the Sunshine State (7) 5 Yielding abundance of milk (7) 6 Wild cherries (5) 7 The meadow-saffron (5,4) 8 Unbleached linen, or its colour (4) 9 A type of lager, originally brewed in Bohemia, first produced in 1842 (8) 14 The hinder and lower part of the brain (10) 16 Group of volcanic islands off Ecuador, noted for the vast number of endemic species there (9) 18 Citizen of country in southern Europe (21,851 sq miles; pop 4 million), independent since 1991 (8) 20 Cause someone to become more active (7) 21 A particular object or commodity (7) 23 Town in central Scotlnd (pop 20,000), once

a coal-mining centre (5) 25 A type of millet grown widely in India,

Africa, etc (5) 26 A limy clay often used as a manure (4)

This week’s prize: a Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus set, to the first correct entry opened at random. Entries must be received by Thursday. Cut out the crossword panel and send to: Factfinder’s Crossword, The Scotsman, Level 8, Orchard Brae House, 30...