FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Small town in Moray (pop about 1,500), home to four distilleries (6) 4 Strongly reminiscent of (8)

9 A country’s dictator showing poor leadership (6)

10 Of an Indonesian province ( 2,230 sq miles; pop about 4.5 million), a popular tourist destination (8)

12 A storehouse (Fr) (5)

13 The point on the earth’s surface directly

over the origin of an earthquake (9)

14 A lady’s-maid (1 Samuel xxxv) (7)

15 A small island in a river (4)

19 River in the north of England, rising in the Pennines, and flowing 85 miles into the North Sea (4)

21 Clouds of gas and dust in outer space (7) 24 Spa town in North Yorkshire (pop 75,000) (9)

26 British tribe that rebelled against the Romans in 47 AD (5)

27 A bandit or irregular soldier in Ireland in the

17th century (8)

28 When or as one chooses (2,4)

29 The inherited wealth of upper class

families (3,5)

30 John Maynard __ (1883 - 1946),

Cambridge-born economist (6)

DOWN

1 Island town (pop about 5,000), with a ruined 13th century castle (8)

2 East African country (364,900 sq miles; pop about 56 million), independent since 1961 (8)

3 Free one from the burden of blame or obligation (9)

5 A soft cotton or worsted fabric (7) 6 A brownish-green colour (5)

7 Turns inside out (6)

8 Ancient city in upper Egypt, the country’s capital (c 1570 - c 1085 BC) 6)

11 Large island in the Northern Isles (82 sq miles; pop about 1,000) (4)

16 A dungeon with no opening but at the top (9)

17 Citizen of north African country (919,595 sq miles; pop about 42 million), independent since 1962 (8)

18 An Athenian statesman, general and orator (c 495 - c 429) (8)

20 Of a triangle with three unequal sides (7) 21 Margosa, an evergreen tree yielding a

valuable oil (4)

22 Town in the Highland Council area (pop about 8,000), once an important Norse port (6)

23 A three-legged stand for an instrument (6) 25 Large region of New Zealand (12,046 sq

miles; pop about 230,000) (5)