FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Relating to a brotherhood of artists, including Rossetti, Millais, etc (3-10) 10 Literary magazine founded in 1953, ceasing publication in 1991 (9) 11 A psalm sung instead of the Alleluia in Lent (5) 12 One involved in the revision of texts, etc (7) 13 Edmund __ (c1552 - 99), London-born poet who wrote The Faerie Queene (7) 14 A row of arches on columns or pilasters (6) 16 Jean-jacques __ (1712 - 78), Geneva-born philosopher (8) 18 Citizens of state in western Asia (about 8,000 sq miles; pop 9 million), independent since 1948 (8) 20 Reduced to small shreds (of food) (6) 23 An aerodynamic device fastened to the wings of planes (7) 24 A Spenserian term for an examiner (7) 26 Former Portuguese colony in southern China (pop about 700,000) (5) 27 Citizens of a large South American country (about 3.3 million sq miles; pop 210 million) (9) 28 The first leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing in the US (8,5)

DOWN

2 Military slang for reconnaissance (5) 3 Developed to perfection (7) 4 A kind of firework (6) 5 The process of scraping or wearing away (8) 6 Edwin __ (1869 - 1944), London-born architect knighted in 1918 (7) 7 A temporary resident, worker, etc (9) 8 The supreme commander of a great force (13) 9 A German literary movement in the late 18th century (5,3,5) 15 A case for cartridges (9) 17 Relating to an organism, especially a disease-causing bacterium (8) 19 The burbot or viviparous blenny (7) 21 A repeated passage in music (7) 22 A disease or ailment (6) 25 The CGS unit of intrinsic brightness (5)