Factfinder Crossword, The Scotsman 02/06/2012

Published on 02/06/2012 00:00

Saturday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Lanarkshire-born painter (1723-98), a leading pioneer of the neoclassical revival (5,8)

10 The marsh mallow and hollyhock genus (bot) (7)

11 Liqueur flavoured with bitter orange peel (7)

12 A sandy tract or sand dune (4)

13 Major seaport and regional capital (pop about 800,000) in northern Italy (5)

14 Underwater object (eg a tree stump) that may obstruct boats (4)

17 Nickname of American folk and blues musician (1888-1949) (4,5)

19 Sorrento-born poet (1546-98), who wrote Jerusalem Delivered (1580) (5)

20 Obsolete gold coin (worth 33p) (5)

22 Australian seaport (pop about 25,000), first settled in 1829 (9)

24 Padua-born historian (59BC-17AD), who wrote a history of Rome (4)

25 Lord __ (1788-1824), London-born poet who wrote Don Juan (1819-24) (5)

27 Novel (1815) by Jane Austen (4)

30 Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend (7)

31 An academic introduction to a subject (7)

32 Turnstones, shore birds that search for food in seaweed (6-7)

DOWN

2 A sea anemone (7)

3 River of central Europe, rising in the Alps and flowing about 180 miles into the Danube (4)

4 To displace (as a vein) in mining (5)

5 An abnormally large blood cell (9)

6 The monetary unit of Turkey, equivalent to 100 piastres (4)

7 The songbirds, forming the main body of the Passeriformes (7)

8 The crane fly (5-4-4)

9 Gathers together into a compact mass (13)

15 The genus of the true firs (5)

16 Titan who supported the heavens on his shoulders in Greek mythology (5)

18 French military officer (1757-1834), who was an American general in the War of Independence (9)

21 Large German state (27,251 sq miles; pop about 12.5 million), a kingdom until 1918 (7)

23 A frame for embroidery (7)

26 Small South African antelope, the palebuck (5)

28 Heap or pile (especially of waste from a coal mine) (4)

29 A contrivance for turning a spit (4)

Last week’s solution:

Across: 1 Galt, 3 Oddfellows, 10 Lincrusta, 11 Roils, 12 Snell, 13 Adenauer, 15 Introit, 17 Rossini, 19 Lambert, 21 Sunbeam, 22 Estacade, 24 Lupin, 27 Aioli, 28 Oleograph, 29 Prepossess, 30 Holm.

Down: 1 Galashiels, 2 Lance, 4 Dispart, 5 Flaneur, 6 Lorca, 7 Olivenite, 8 Susa, 9 Trollope, 14 Birmingham, 16 Tombstone, 18 Sinology, 20 Teapoys, 21 Shjels, 23 Aviso, 25 Plato, 26 Ramp.