FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 A land-locked mountainous country in Asia (54,400 sq miles; pop about 30 million (5) 8 Building in Helensburgh designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (4,5) 10 The tubers of various plants, especially of

taro (6) 11 A lattice-work of wood to train trees on (8) 12 A yellow mineral used as a pigment (8) 13 Port city in northern israel (pop about

50,000) (4) 15 William __ (1697 - 1764), London-born artist

who painted A Rake’s Progress (7) 17 A member of a native American Algonquin

tribe, now mostly in Oklahoma (7) 20 A swindle or confidence trick (coll) (4) 22 Feet of two syllables (8) 25 The site of two battles (1770) marking a turning point in the American War of Independence (8) 26 A summary exposition, or a brief outline (6) 27 An autocratic monarch or ruler (9) 28 Sam __ (1912 - 2002), Virginia-born US

golfer who won seven majors (5)

DOWN

1 Thomas __ (1798 - 1844), Dundeeborn lawyer who was Scotland’s first Astronomer Royal (9) 2 Glazed or enamel led earthenware (8) 3 An alternative name for allspice (7) 4 Carelessly, or too hastily (8) 5 An American monkey noted for its loud

cries (6) 6 One of the 12 tribes of israel (5) 9 A domestic slave in Old English times (4) 14 A steward or major-domo (9) 16 Breed of domestic pig originating in Staffordshire (8) 18 Various ducks of the genus Anas with wedge-shaped tails (8) 19 The Greek and Roman form of a semitic

goddess (7) 21 Large wading birds with long legs, necks

and bills (6) 23 Large port city in north Africa (pop about 760,000), founded in 903 by Moorish traders (4) 24 Lake __ , a large stretch of water in the

Sierra Nevada Mountains (5)