FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Town in Highland Region (pop about 7,000), created a royal burgh in 1589 (4) 3 The Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans in Greek mythology (10) 10 Decisive naval battle (1805) in the

Napoleonic Wars (9) 11 Edward __ (1928 - 2016), US dramatist who

wrote Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wollf? (5) 12 German prisoner of war camp for officers

(5) 13 A late 15th century morality play (8) 15 Any of various Australian acacias (7) 17 Small city in Northern Ireland (pop about

70,00), granted city status in 2002 (7) 19 Members of an ancient Germanic people

(7) 21 Backward or old-fashioned (Fr) (7) 22 A sparkling white wine from Italy (8) 24 A book of the New Testament (5) 27 A genus of lemurs of west Africa (5) 28 Large area of southern South America in

Argentina and Chile (9) 29 Evangelista __ (1608 - 47), Italian physicist

who invented the mercury barometer (10) 30 Small island (2 sq miles) in the Channel

Islands (4)

DOWN

1 Robert __ (1892 - 1973), Brechin-born pioneer of radar, knighted in 1942 (6-4) 2 Small town in Fife, created a royal burgh in 1178 (5) 4 Move from east to west (astron) (7) 5 Andrew __ (1621 - 78), English poet who wrote To His Coy Mistress (7) 6 Spencer __ (1900 - 67), US film actor who starred in Adam’s Rib (1949) (5) 7 Opening in a wall or parapet for a cannon (9) 8 Seaport city in north-east Egypt (pop about 500,000) (4) 9 A type of needlepoint or tapestry stitch (8) 14 Large bottom-dwelling fish with broad wing-like pectoral fins (5-5) 16 A loud-voiced crane-like South American bird (9) 18 Site of two major battles (1777) in the American Revolutionary Wars (8) 20 A junction between two nerve cells (7) 21 Relating to catkins (7) 23 A long white carrot-shaped root vegetable

from east Africa (5) 25 Country in the south-west Pacific (pop

100,000), independent since 1970 (5) 26 A large drop, as of rain (4)