FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A small sheltered bay (4)

3 The most northerly point of mainland Sotland (6,4)

10 A swiftlet that builds edible nests (9) 11 Cathedral city in North Yorkshire (pop

about 17,000) (5)

12 A leaf or leaves inserted beween the folds

of other leaves (5)

13 Kind of large apples (8)

15 A book of the Old Testament (7)

17 Sets up and fixes in position (7)

19 Archaic term for to submerge or plunge in

(7)

21 A cold chisel with a broad, splayed-out

blade (7)

22 Of a country in east Africa (45,400 sq miles; pop 6 million), independent since 1993 (8)

24 Edvard __ (1843 - 1907), Norwegian composer and pianist (5)

27 Small country in southern Europe (122 sq miles;pop about500,000),independent since 1964 (5)

28 Hugh __ (1906 - 63), London-born politician who was leader of the Labour Party (1955 63) (9)

29 Large megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain, erected between c3,000 and c1,600 BC (10)

30 A bleaching vat (4)

DOWN

1 A northern constellation (10)

2 Any of various small blunt-nosed, shorteared rodents (5)

4 Times allowed for the payment of foreign bills of exchange (7)

5 Carl __ (1865 - 1931), a Danish composer, conductor and violinist (7)

6 Any area of high land on the surface of the moon (5)

7 Action that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral (9)

8 Former county town in southern Scotland (pop about 3,000) (4)

9 A stool pigeon or police informer (8) 14 Relating to the ankle-bone (10)

16 A South American shrub, or its tomato-like fruit (9)

18 Former name of island republic (229,233 sq miles; pop about 27 million), independent since 1960 (8)

20 A branched ornamental centrepiece for a table (7)

21 An East Indian wild ox (7) 23 Hereditary (not military), tenant of the Crown (hist) (5)

25 The goddess of peace in Greek mythology (5)

26 An Old Testament prophet (early 8th century BC) (4)