FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Site of a major Bronze Age stone circle in the Outer Hebrides (9) 6 Type of necktie with broad ends that are tied to lie one across the other (5) 9 A crystal form of three or more faces each cutting three axes (7) 10 Winged sandals, as of Hermes (7) 11 Laughing or gay (5) 12 Large plants of the mahogany family,

native to the Indian subcontinent (4,5) 13 Greek philosopher (429-347 BC), who

founded the Academy in Athens (5) 14 A note having the time value of two minims

or four crotchets (9) 17 A genus of submerged water-plants (4-5) 19 City in southern France (pop about

150,000), on the Mediterranean (5) 21 Gigantic character created by the French

satirist Francois Rabelais (9) 24 A large northern sea duck with fine down

(5) 26 Country in south-west Africa (318,261 sq miles; pop about 2.6 million), independent since 1990 (7) 27 A very heavy steel-grey metallic element

(7) 28 Obsolete term for to infatuate or besot (5) 29 A large shallow lake or marsh (9)

DOWN

1 Former royal burgh and county town in eastern Scotland (pop about 11,000) (5) 2 City and seaport on the south coast of Cyprus (pop about 145,000) (7) 3 Louis ----- (1901-71), New Orleans-born trumpeter (9) 4 Large country in south-east Asia (about 735,000 sq miles; pop about 260 million) (9) 5 A small haven or port, especially a landingstage (5) 6 To parcel out or assign (5) 7 A funeral procession (7) 8 Truck-drivers in the US (9) 13 Large area of southern South America (about 300,000 sq miles) (9) 15 A hallucinogen obtained from the Peyote cactus (9) 16 Filling the fuel container (of a ship) (9) 18 Bare, wind-swept elevated plains in South America (7) 20 A rich wine of the sherry class (7) 22 Quarterly literary publication, founded in

1959 (5) 23 A hereditary tenant of the crown (5) 25 China grass, a plant of the nettle family (5)