FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD
This week’s prize: a Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus set, to the first correct entry opened at random. Entries must be received by Thursday. Cut out the crossword panel and send to: Factfinder’s Crossword, The Scotsman, Level 8, Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2HS.. Normal Johnston Press rules apply: www. johnstonpress.co.uk/jpplc/competition
LAST WEEK’S WINNER: David Mcfall, Coatbridge
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1 Galashiels, 6 Crop, 10 Lansing, 11 Balaton, 12 Destrier, 13 Chasm, 15 Ensate, 17 Quaestor, 19 Moaites, 21 Essene, 24 Holst, 25 Santiago, 28 Gagarin, 29 Epstein, 30 Wood, 31 Newtonmore.
DOWN: 1 Galt, 2 Lancers, 3 Swift, 4 Inglis, 5 Laburnum, 7 Retract, 8 Pine marten, 9 Slickers, 14 Lesmahagow, 16 Twisters, 18 Personae, 20 Allegro, 22 El Greco, 23 Indent, 26 Ibsen, 27 Inge.
ACROSS
1 A circular fort for coastal defence (8,5) 10 An electric cableway system (alt sp) (9) 11 Wading bird akin to the woodcock (50 12 Brief outlines, or glimpses (7) 13 Fine and dry, and not expected to change (of the weather) (3,4) 14 Black magic, or sorcery (6) 16 Sir Max __ (1872 - 1956), London-born essayist and caricaturist (8) 18 The god of the sea in Greek mythology (8) 20 US state (96,981 sq miles; pop 4 million),
known as the Beaver State (6) 23 Study of plants, animals, people, etc, in
relation to the environment (7) 24 Deadlock, or a place from which there is no
outlet (7) 26 Ran (an engine) slowly when out of gear
(5) 27 An archaic term for the tomato (4,5) 28 Small paddle steamers in the US (5-8)
DOWN
2 A walk or garden path (Fr) (5) 3 A male hawk (7) 4 Act as a link to assist communication
between people (6) 5 The true wild olive (8) 6 A species of sturgeon (7) 7 New York-born novelist (b 1942), who wrote Fear of Flying (1973) (5,4) 8 Sky-high (coll) (13) 9 Redraw an electoral district to favour one party (13) 15 A type of stew consisting of beans and various meats (9) 17 A serious setback or disappointment (4,4) 19 According to a particular sequence (2,5) 21 One of the archangels injudaism, Christianity and Islam (7) 22 The assembleges of trees in a region (6) 25 Unnaturally deep sleep( path )(5)