FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A Christian descendant of the ancient Egyptians (4) 3 French squadron of aircraft, or a flotilla (10) 10 A huge sea-monster (9) 11 A loose coat of various styles, or an undergarment (5) 12 In billiards, a sharp stroke made with the cue vertical, or nearly so (5) 13 A small semicircular moulding round a column, etc (archit) (8) 15 Relating to mother-of-pearl, or a shellfish yielding it (7) 17 Mountain nymphs in Greek mythology (7) 19 Hans __ (1916 - 97), German-born psychologist who wrote The Psychology of Politics (7) 21 A thick soup or stew made by boiling vegetables, etc (7) 22 William Henry __ (1773 - 1841), general and politician who was the ninth US president (8) 24 A Caesalpiniaceous Mediterranean tree, the algarroba (5) 27 A large southern constellation (5) 28 Region of northern Greece (13,196 sq miles; pop 2.4 million), popular with tourists (9) 29 Old stringed instruments like a zither (10) 30 In printing, a complete assortment of types of one sort (4)

DOWN

1 A hard and valuable cabinet-wood of the ebony family (10) 2 A shield for the whole body (5) 4 Strong alcoholic drink resembling gin (7) 5 A bright orange food colouring (7) 6 A depilatory of lime and orpiment (5) 7 Region of northern Italy (9,206 sq miles; pop about 10 million) (9) 8 River rising in Cantabria and flowing 580 miles into the Mediterranean (4) 9 The legislative capital of a country in southern Africa (4,4) 14 A bone-forming cell (10) 16 Trojan prophetess, the daughter of Priam, in Greek mythology (9) 18 A dike of piles in a morass, river, etc, against an enemy (8) 20 Disputed region of south Asia administered by India, Pakistan and China (7) 21 A card game like bezique (7) 23 Laughing, cheerful or gay (5) 25 A musical form with a recurring theme (5) 26 A knock at the window (4)