FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

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1 A civilian and military decoration instituted in 1940 (6,5) 9 A crane-like bird of South America (5) 10 Agoatsucker(8) 12 A dim notion or suspicion (7) 13 Car manufactured from 1957 to 1990 in the

former East Germany (7) 14 Lorna __ , a novel by Richard Blackmore

(1869) (5) 15 Stewarton-born banker and philanthropist (1739-1806), who founded the New Lanark cotton mills (5,4) 18 The daffodil genus of the Amaryllis family

(9) 20 A set of fowls nesting together (5) 21 Alternative name for the aardvark of

southern Africa (7) 24 A kind of cotton cloth (7) 25 An opera in three acts by Puccini (1926) (8) 26 A semi-automatic pistol (5) 27 Anything outrageously constructed (11)

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2 A basic arsenate of copper found in

Cornwall and Ireland (7) 3 Apostates or turncoats (9) 4 A disease of plants, especially rye (5) 5 Small English county (147 sq miles; pop

about 40,000), in the East Midlands (7) 6 A ladder-like structure (5) 7 Archbishop of Glasgow (c1495 - 1547), who

was Lord Chancellor (1528 -39) (5,6) 8 Clandestine or unworthily secret (4-4) 11 Able to deal with life in an urban

environment (6-5) 16 Members of a Germanic people who invaded the Roman Empire between the 3rd and 5th centuries (9) 17 A pithy saying or aphorism (8) 19 The polar regions of planets (3-4) 20 Archaic liquid measure, equal to about 15

gallons (7) 22 Universityandcountytowninsouth-east

England (pop about 20,000) (5) 23 An added clause or corollary (5)