FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A lively Neapolitan dance (10) 6 Actual existence, or essence (4) 10 Antoni __ (1852 - 1926), Catalan architect who designed the Sagrada Familia (5) 11 Obsolete term for a nightingale (9) 12 A lighthouse or beacon (6) 13 A bright orange-red colour (7) 15 East African country (91,343 sq miles; pop 42 million), independent since 1962 (6) 16 A north american mole (4-4) 19 Ancient people of Syria and Asia Minor (8) 21 Part of the earth that surrounds the central core (6) 24 Ecstasy, or extreme delight (7) 26 One of the three Graces in Greek mythology (6) 28 A breed of poultry, white, black and buff (9) 29 Nikolai __ (1809 - 52), Russian novelist and dramatist (5) 30 A tree of India and the Philippines with tonic bark (4) 31 A common butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) (3,7)

DOWN

1 Country in west Africa (21, 616 sq miles; pop 8 million), independent since 1960 (4) 2 Plaster mixed with small stones used to coat walls (9) 3 Strong coarse tobacco in Australia (4-3) 4 A goblin or spectre sent by Hecate in Greek mythology (6) 5 Gottfried __ (1646 - 1716), Leipzig-born philosopher (8) 7 Make inquiries, or ask a question (5) 8 Insertions of sounds within words (10) 9 A freight wagon on US railways (6) 14 Ernest __ (1871 - 1937), physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 (10) 17 A light racing-boat with projecting

rowlocks (9) 18 A sorrow-lulling drink or drug (poet) (8) 20 A genus of large arboreal lizards in tropical

America (6) 22 Mixture of mercury with other metal (7) 23 Group of lines of verse forming a definite

pattern (6) 25 Any member of a lark-like genus of birds

akin to wagtails (5) 27 The Israeli state airline (2,2)