Factfinder’s Crossword

Across

1 A thick treacle that drains from sugar (8) 5 A contour line of equal amounts of sunshine (6) 9 The study of fungi (8)

10 The set of notes to which an instrument is tuned (6)

12 A province of ancient Rome in south-west Europe (9)

13 Able to tolerate someone or something (5) 14 Bleak, dreary, etc, especially of the weather (6) 17 A moon of Jupiter (5)

20 A line that's at right angles to a vessel's length (naut) (5)

21 A Japanese automobile manufacturer (6) 24 River rising in north Cornwall and flowing 61 miles into the English Channel (5)

25 Small city in Scotland (pop about 45,000) (9) 28 Underdeveloped, but capable of being developed (6)

29 A dish of salt-fish, olive oil, garlic and cream (Fr) (8)

30 Old sports car built by Austin-healey (6) 31 Be prudent in speech and actions (8)

Down

1 Speak indistinctly or quietly (6)

2 Name of several insects akin to the grasshoppers (6)

3 Historic city in Croatia (pop about 160,000), founded in the third or second century BC (5) 4 Former royal burgh and cathedral city in northern Scotland (pop about 25,000 (5) 6 A religious ceremony or ritual (9)

7 A violent young troublemaker (8)

8 A quarry workman who splits off blocks of stone (8)

11 Historic alternative name for China (6) 15 Dutch painter, print-maker, etc (1606-69 (9) 16 A peninsula in southern Europe shared by three countries (6)

18 A case in which decanters are visible but locked up (8)

19 A truck driver in the USA (8)

22 A Mexican riding blanket (6)

23 Agree, acquiesce, etc (6)

26 Giuseppe __ (1813-1901), Italian composer (5) 27 Relating to and ancient Germanic alphabet (5)