FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A tropical seaside palm-tree (4) 3 A bumptious little person (10) 10 Domineering, or assuming command (9) 11 Asian river rising in Tibet and flowing 1,950

miles into the Arabian Sea (5) 12 Persistent fault-finders (5) 13 Instrument for measuring electrical

resistance (8) 15 Wild marjoram (7) 17 A line or phrase recurring, especially at the

end of a stanza (7) 19 Small electrical generator (7) 21 A type of heavy cotton waterproof cloth (7) 22 A branch of mathematics (8) 24 Large Japanese city (pop about 19 million)

(5) 27 The characteristic spirit of a community,

etc (5) 28 A hard, spicy beef and pork sausage (9) 29 A breed of dog of the spitz type (10) 30 James __ (1931 - 56), American film actor

who starred in East of Eden (1954) (4)

DOWN

1 Smokey, yellow-brown quartz crystals used in jewellery (10) 2 A species of grouse (abbrev) (5) 4 A golden-coloured medium-sweet sherry (7) 5 Disputed territory in the north of the Indian subcontinent (7) 6 French river rising in the Massif Central and flowing 635 miles into the Bay of Biscay (5) 7 A breed of hunting dog bred in southern Afriica (9) 8 Grape juice before or during fermentation (4) 9 Australian state capital (pop about 2.4 million), originally a penal colony (8) 14 An overwhelming flow of water (10) 16 Small town in Renfrewshire (pop about 3,000), listed as a place of special historic interest in 1960 (9) 18 Dr Hugh __ (1808 - 65), Forres-born botanist appointed head of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1848 (8) 20 Unyoke or unharness from a vehicle (7) 21 US state capital (pop about 56,000),

incorporated in 1859 (7) 23 A well-boring instrument (5) 25 An old name for nitrogen (5) 26 Robert __ (1908 - 67), Orkney-born dramatist who helped to found the Gateway Theatre (4)