Factfinder’s Crossword

Across

1 A flowering plant native to Asia and America (9) 6 George __ (1896 - 2006), New York born

comedian and actor (5)

9 Country in eastern Africa (pop about 17 million),

independent since 1960 (7)

10 Break or fall apart into small fragments (7)

11 Former royal burgh in the south-west (pop

about 9,000) (5)

12 A ruler, especially an autocratic one (9)

13 Remove by force (5)

14 Angles of elevation above the horizon (9)

17 Large country in south-east Asia (pop about

235 million ), independent since 1945 (9)

19 Small cathedral city in northern England (pop

about 17,000) (5)

21 A table-napkin (90)

24 A large nest for birds of prey (5)

26 River rising in Venezuela, flowing 1,600 miles

into the Atlantic (7)

27 A car manufactured in the former East

Germany (7)

28 Moves sideways or gradually (5)

29 Lake __, a stretch of water on the River Rhine

(205 square miles) (9)

Down

1 Old Testament prophet (8th century BC) (5)

2 Old term for a schoolmaster (7)

3 City in Texas (pop about 390,000), founded in

1836 (9)

4 A large mountain range in Britain (9)

5 A type of necktie (5)

6 A boundary, limit or goal (5)

7 A narrow, strip or bar used in shipbuilding (7)

8 Adlai __ (1900-65), the losing Democrat

candidate for US president (in 1952 and 56) (9) 13 Any hard and compact form of rock, usually

basalt (9)

15 A pale type of limestone (9)

16 A boisterous brawler or bully (9)

18 Alistair __ (1953-2023), a Labour politician who

was Chancellor (2007-2010) (7)

20 To relate (to) (7)

22 Jeremy __ (b 1948), Cowes-born actor who

won an Oscar for best actor in 1991 (5)

23 System for the collection of tips to be divided

out later (5)

25 To have purpose , etc (5)