FACTFINDER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A short raised deck at the front of a ship (10) 6 Johnny __ (1932 - 2003), Arkansas-born singer/songwriter (4) 10 A short, light spear of the 16th century (4-5) 11 Joe __ (1933 - 67), Leicester-born playwright who wrote Loot (1965) (5) 12 A statute setting the weight, measure or price of anything (hist) (6) 13 Any dermapterous insects of the family Forficulidae (7) 15 An artificial language created in 1887 (9) 18 A woven fabric showing diagonal lines (5) 19 Any of numerous blunt-nosed, short-eared rodents (5) 21 A teacher, especially a strict or pedantic one (9) 23 A close working relationship between people, organisations, etc (7) 24 Martin__ (1483 - 1546), Grman theologian who was a leading figure in the Reformation (6) 27 The standard unit of currency in Nigeria (5) 28 Dried, salt cod (9) 29 River crossing the Howe of Fife and flowing 30 miles into the North Sea (4) 30 A vital part of the mechanism of a timepiece (10)

DOWN

1 A Portuguese folk song or dance (4) 2 A legendary founder of Rome (5) 3 Obsolete term for a charcoal-burner (7) 4 John Millington __ (1871- 1909), Irish dramatist who wrote The Playboy of the Western World (1907) (5) 5 A feudal superior (5-4) 7 Reaching, or gaining by effort (9) 8 Inaugurated, or made a beginning on (10) 9 Hercule __ , a fictional character created by Agatha Christie (6) 14 God willing (Latin) (3,7) 16 A steel -grey mineral, manganese oxide (9) 17 Sorrow lulling drinks or drugs (9) 20 Walk or move in a gliding or ostentatious way (6) 22 Woody __ (1912 - 67), an American singer, songwriter (7) 24 Country in northern Africa (679- 216 sq miles; pop about six million) (5) 25 A size of typewriter type allowing 12 letters to the inch ((5) 26 An air-hole or passage (4)