Factfinder’s Crossword

MARCH 9 SOLUTIONS

ACROSS: 1 Hottentots, 6 Ruth, 10 Parthenon, 11 Urial, 12 Stucco, 13 Etamine, 15 Rustlings, 18 Skimp, 19 Nonet 21 Stevenson, 23 Veloute, 24 Triage, 27 Rowan, 28 Constable, 29 Ebro, 30 Escapement.

DOWN:1 Hope, 2 Tarot, Ethical, 4 Tango, 5 Tennessee, 7 Utilities, 8 Hellespont, 9 Ducats, 14 Transverse,16 Sunflower, 17 Nascences, 20 Truant, 22 Epistle, 24 Tanka, 25 Gable, 26 Felt.

Across

8 Town in the Highlands (pop about 3,000), a

popular resort (8)

8 Trees of the Heath genus (6)

10 Tropical American edentates (6)

11 Provincial capital in Spain (pop about330,000),

founded in 324 BC (8)

12 Large African antelopes, also called

wildebeests (4)

13 Dockers who load and unload shipping vessels

(10)

15 French island in the Indian Ocean (pop about

860,000) (7)

17 An opaque or semi opaque whitish glass (7) 20 __ , French diplomat and statesman (1754 1838 (10)

22 A combination of nations, parities, etc, to

achieve a common purpose (4)

24 A flowering plant growing in sea-water (8)

26 A dingy, yellowish-grey (6)

27 City in northern italy on the River Adige (6)

28 The viviparous blennies (8)

Down

1 Mythical island in the Atrthurian legend (6)

2 An obsolete term for to drop from a ship or

plane (8)

3 The council of cardinals in the Roman Catholic

Church (10)

4 The household gods of Roman mythology (7) 5 The abominable snowman (4)

6 Principal character in the Barber of Seville (6) 7 The temple of all the gods (8)

14 A rope-soled shoe (10)

16 Stands of shelves for bric-a-brac, etc (8)

18 Part of the most easterly province of Canada

(8)

19 A female spirit in Gaelic folklore (7)

21 A great number (6)

23 The Mafia's code of silence (6)

25 A Greek hero in the Trojan war (4)

CORRECTION: Due to a system error, no clues appeared in last week’s Factfinder Crossword. Here are last weeks clues in full. Apologies for any inconvenience.