FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A spendthrift who gambles with very large stakes (4-6) 9 Domesticated oxen found in Tibet (4) 10 Schoolsoftheology(10) 11 Ecurie __ , a motor racing team founded in

Edinburgh in 1951 (6) 12 Ruined castle in the north-east, the

ancestral home of Lord Byron (5) 15 West African capital (pop 2.3 million), founded on the site of 17th century trading posts (5) 18 A gold or silver coin used widely in Europe

from the later Middle Ages (5) 19 Percy Bysshe __ (1792 - 1822), Horshamborn poet who wrote Queen Mab (1813) (7) 20 A rope or band round a dead-eye (naut) (5) 21 Archaic term for a companion or mate (5) 22 Proceed from some source, or arise (7) 23 Cathedralcityinnorth-westfrance(pop

about 110,000) (5) 24 The fourth of the six levels of heaven in

Buddhism (5) 26 A badger-like genus of Asia and Africa (5) 29 A depression in a pitted surface (6) 31 A lively Neapolitan dance, or a tune for it

(10) 32 The God of War in Greek mythology (4) 33 Treatingoffirstprinciples(10)

DOWN

2 Charles __ (1874 - 1954), US modernist composer (4) 3 A young cow (6) 4 An old Japanese gold coin (5) 5 A breed of heavy beef cattle (5) 6 To receive goods, knowing they are stolen (5) 7 North American woodpeckers (10) 8 Expressing agreement or acquiescence (to) (10) 13 The Japanese art of flower arrangement (7) 14 Richard __ (1856-1928), Edinburgh-born lawyer who was Lord Chancellor (1912-15, and 1924) (7) 15 Citizen of a large country in the Southern Hemisphere (2,967, 283 sq miles; pop about 25 million) (10) 16 Fiery-red precious stones (10) 17 The trembling poplar (5) 18 A Welsh county, created in 1974 (5) 25 Cheerfulandoptimistic(coll)(6) 26 Archaic term meaning quick, eager and

early (5) 27 A rich sweet cake or pastry (5) 28 Jessica __ (b 1949), US actress who won an

Oscar for her role in Blue Sky (1995) (5) 30 A smooth or legato effect (mus) (4)