FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

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Joy Yates, Editorial Director

Across

1 The observed displacement of an object caused by a change in the observer's point of view (8)

5 Different types of sorcery practised in the

Caribbean (6)

9 Country in west-central Africa (183,510 sq miles; pop about 27 million), independent since 1960 (8)

10 Andre __ (1880 - 1934), French painter, the co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse (6)

12 A genus of shrubs of the heath family (9)

13 A sunken or marshy place (5)

14 Native American tribe in Arizona, New

Mexico, etc (6)

17 A fragrant essential oil made mainly from the

damask rose (5)

20 Small city and seaport in Central America (pop about 80,000), on the Caribbean Sea (5)

21 A small passerine bird of the finch family (6) 24 A hereditary (not military) tenant of the

Crown (hist) (5)

25 A kind of green sprouting broccoli (9)

28 The largest moon of Neptune (6)

29 Seaport in eastern Scotland (pop about

12,000), a former royal burgh (8)

30 Danish king (994 - 1035) who was also King

of England (1016 - 35) (6)

31 With reckless determination (4-4)

Down

1 Formerly, Turkish officers of high rank (6)

2 To get redress or relief in a quick fix (6)

3 Broad or slow movement mus) (5)

4 A sun-dried brick (5)

6 Alan __ (b 1944), Liverpool screenwriter who

created The Boys from the Blackstuff (9)

7 A fabled, non-fading flower of the love-liesbleeding genus (8)

8 Small hilltop town in central France, noted for

its wine (8)

11 Turn a ship on its side for cleaning, repairing,

etc (6)

15 The seventh Sunday after Easter (9)

16 A type of cotton cloth (6)

18 Feeling of overwhelming happiness (8)

19 Citizen of a country in south-eastern Europe

((11,100; pop about 3 million) (8)

22 Saint __ (c 342 - 420), a Doctor of the Church

(6)

23 Deprived or lacking something (6)

26 The monetary unit of a west African country

(27,700 sq miles; pop 6 million) (5)

27 The areca-nut (5)