FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Engagement (1263) between Scottish and Norse forces that led to Scotland gaining control of the Hebrides (6,2,5) 10 A remote planet in the solar system, discovered in 1846 (7) 11 Citizen of country in southern Europe (7,827 sq miles; pop 2 million), independent since 2004 (7) 12 A valuable handicap held annually at York in August (4) 13 Country in southern Europe (16,347 sq miles; pop about 60 million), a founder member of the European Common Market (5) 14 George __ (1673 - 1748), Irish soldier who was Commander-in-chief North Britain (1724 - 40) (4) 17 Small town in Highland Region (pop 1,500), the birthplace of James (Ossian) Macpherson (9) 19 A storehouse (Fr) (5) 20 US state (83,557 sq miles; pop 1.7 million), nicknamed the Gem State (5) 22 Concerned with the appreciation of beauty (9) 24 A raw East Coast sea-mist (4) 25 Any of various stiff or wiry grasses (5) 27 Golda __ (1898 - 1978), Russian-born Israeli politician who was Prime Minister (1969 -74) (4) 30 Having little knobs or lumps (7) 31 A cause of widespread affliction (7) 32 Small village on the north-west shore of Loch

Ness (13)

DOWN

2 A long powerful wind instrument of wood and bark (7) 3 A flat wooden fruit-basket (4) 4 Chris __ (b 1954), US tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles (5) 5 Originally, soldiers armed with flintlock muskets (9) 6 One of the 12 Minor Prophets of the Old Testament (4) 7 Island country in the West Indies (135 sq miles; pop 107,000), independent since 1974 (7) 8 Small town on the Firth of Forth (pop about 5,000), a royal burgh since 1165 (13) 9 French philosopher and mathematician (4,9) 15 Large territory in north-west Canada (205,345 sq miles; pop about 30,000) (5) 16 A river of the underworld in Greek mythology (5) 18 A percussion instrument (5-4) 21 Hebrew name for the destroyer or the devil (Rev IX, 11) (7) 23 A large double-necked bass lute (7) 26 A weapon firing barbs attached to batteries, causing temporary paralysis (5) 28 A river rising in the Czech Republic and flowing 724 miles into the North Sea (4) 29 Short-legged strong horses (4)