FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 A cavern or rocky recess ( 4)
3 A species of macaque native to north Africa
( 7,3)
10 Market town in south- east England ( pop
about 40,000), on the River Medway ( 9)
11 Country in west Africa ( 92,697 sq miles; pop about 30 million), independent since 1957 ( 5)
12 Capital city in Asia ( pop about 280,000),
known as the Forbidden City ( 5)
13 Of a benefice, the fact or state of being
vacant ( 8)
15 The old basic monetary unit of the
Netherlands ( 7)
17 A small South American squirrel- monkey ( 7) 19 Relating to the human species ( 7)
21 A piece of ridiculous pretence ( 7)
22 Amount by which the price of a share is
below par ( 8)
24 An edible red seaweed ( 5)
27 A young man ( poet) ( 5)
28 Large globose holothurian ( 3- 6)
29 Large city in north Africa ( pop over 5
million), founded in 331 BC ( 10)
30 Large shallow lake ( 590 sq miles) in north
central Africa ( 4)
DOWN 1
An expert in the study of whales, dolphins,
etc ( 10)
2 Any plant of the periwinkle genus ( 5)
4 Town in southern England ( pop about
40,000), on the River Anton ( 7)
5 Louis __ ( 1872 - 1936), French aviator, the first
person to fly across the English Channel ( 7) 6 A fruit that splits into dehiscent parts ( 5)
7 The monkey- puzzle genus ( 9)
8 An unfledged hawk ( 4)
9 A fine muslin ( 8)
14 An American composite ( Helenium) ( 10)
16 Show to have been a participator ( 9)
18 Intricate fret patterns ( 8)
20 Fixed for cooking, as with skewers ( 7)
21 Members of a mediaeval Manichean sect ( 7) 23 One of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides
( 5)
25 Benny __ ( 1913 - 46), Glasgow- born world
champion boxer ( 5)
26 A mountain in northern Greece ( 6,490 feet)
( 4)