FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A semi-sweet white German wine (13) 10 Siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio (1836) (5)

11 A hard brittle greyish-white metallic element (9)

12 Citizen of a large German city (pop about 550 million), on the River Elbe (9)

13 A bird resembling the blackbird, a species of thrush (5)

14 Seeks to influence public officials, etc (7) 16 The Portuguese units of currency before the Euro (7)

18 A race for two-year-old horses (7) 20 Relevant, or appropriate (7)

21 __ apso, a Tibetan breed of terrier (5)

23 A person who studies unidentified flying

objects (9)

25 A provincial capital in the Netherlands (pop about 230,000), with two large universities (9)

26 The love of God for man (5)

27 A blossoming anew of a plant after it has

apparently ceased blossoming (13)

DOWN

2 A written decree of the Sultan of Turkey (5) 3 The ancestry of a purebred animal (9) 4 Sends a prisoner, say, back into custody on bail, etc (7)

5 Disturb the composure (of ) (7)

6 US state (83,569 sq miles; pop 1.8 million), nicknamed the Gem State (5) 7 A water-clock (9)

8 The crane-fly (5,4,4)

9 Polite or elegant literature (6-7) 15 A gondolier’s song (9)

17 A beef stew made with beer (9) 19 George __ (1931- 2003), Stirling-born Conservative politician who was Scottish Secretary (1979 -86) (7)

20 Breakwaters used to check erosion (7) 22 A type of small gazelle (5)

24 An Old Testament patriarch (5)