FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 The twilight of the gods in German mythology (15) 9 Euphemistic name for the Furies in Greek mythology (9) 10 A rib-like structure, vein, ridge (5) 11 Maksim __ (1868-1936), Russian novelist

who wrote The Lower Depths (5) 12 King of Kent (c552-616), the first English

king to convert to Christianity (9) 13 Letters of the ancient German alphabet (5) 15 Historical term for a change in the

symptoms or treatment of a disease (9) 17 Ash-tree binding together heaven, earth

and hell in Norse mythology (9) 19 Regional capital and port (pop about

110,000) in northern France (5) 21 Warriors who accompanied Achilles to Troy

(9) 23 An Indian songbird of the thrush family (5) 24 John M __ (1871-1909), Irish dramatist who wrote The Playboy of the Western World (1907) (5) 25 Precious(rediron-alumina)garnet(9) 26 Ghostly-looking amphipods (Caprella, etc) DOWN 1 A Highlander’s wollen bonnet (9) 2 Small South American squirrel-monkey (7) 3 A feeling of weariness or languor (5) 4 US brand of cars, vans, etc, founded in 1900 (5) 5 Small plant with pale-green flowers and a musky smell (9) 6 King Arthur’s sword (9) 7 Long loose raincoats (7) 8 Cary _____ (1904-86), a Bristol-born film actor who starred in North by Northwest (1959) (5) 14 Fortune-tellingusingcards,etc,drawnat

random (9) 15 Unrefined sugar made from the juice of

sugar-cane (9) 16 West Indian drinks of wine, diluted,

sweetened, spiced, etc (9) 18 River rising in the Pyrenees and flowing

374 miles into the Atlantic (7) 20 A radioactive silvery-white metallic

element (7) 21 The nine goddesses of the liberal arts in

Greek mythology (5) 22 Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea

(184 sq miles; pop about 30,000) (5) 23 Echo-soundingequipment(5)