FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The study of precious stones (8) 5 Hurt, injury or damage (6)

9 An Indian songbird akin to the weaverbirds (8)

10 Colloquial term for an electrician (6) 12 A labiate herb with aromatic, bitter properties (9)

13 Mine-passages (5)

14 To wet or moisten (6)

17 The grassy surface of land (poet) (5) 20 One of the ancient tribes of Israel (5) 21 US aircraft manufacturer founded in 1927 (6)

24 A two-act opera with music by Bellini (5) 25 Large area in the west of Ireland (pop about 30,000) (9)

28 Enrico __ (1873 -1921), Naples-born tenor (6)

29 Disputes, especially by a lawsuit (8) 30 Obsolete term for betroth (6)

31 Lying near or next to (8)

DOWN

1 A farmhouse with the stables and other buildings (6)

2 Without richness or fertility (6) 3 Capital city in Asia (pop about 300,000), at an elevation of 12,000 feet (5) 4 Colloquial term for £1,000 (5)

6 A rich cloth laid over a warhorse (9) 7 An open, transparent muslin (8) 8 Neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York City (4,4)

11 Small bay windows built out from a wall (6) 15 A large fish-eating duck (9)

16 A late baroque style of architecture, art and decoration (6)

18 A crustacean that adheres to rocks and the bottoms of boats (8)

19 Town in north central France (pop about 45,000), with a very large Gothic cathedral (8)

22 A slow dance, or the music for it in 4-4- time

(6)

23 An ancient unit of weight or money of gold

or silver (6)

26 A river or spring nymph in Greek

mythology (5)

27 The heath genus (5)