Factfinder Crossword - The Scotsman 14/04/2012

Across

1 A decoration on a dress consisting of glittering particles (8)

9 Frederick __ (1904-88), English dancer and choreographer, knighted in 1962 (6)

10 Volcanic peak in eastern Turkey (16,804ft), which last erupted in 1840 (6)

11 State of being under a guardian (8)

12 Robert __ (1788-1850), Bury-born Conservative politician who was twice prime minister (1834-35 and 1841-46) (4)

13 Pink or purple garnets (10)

15 A candelabrum used in Jewish religious ceremonies (7)

17 White fur used for lining or trimming clothes (7)

20 A kind of light cashmere (10)

22 Arab lateen-sailed vessel of the Indian Ocean (4)

24 Capital city in southern Africa (pop about 200,000), established in the 1890s (8)

26 One of the three Graces in Greek mythology (6)

27 A stout white cotton fabric (6)

28 Relating to a central European capital (pop about 1.7 million), an important military centre in Roman times (8)

Down

1 US state capital on the Missouri River (pop about 13,000), first settled in 1880 (6)

2 City in Texas (pop about 160,000), originally known as Ragtown (8)

3 Members of a church which asserts the unity of God, as opposed to the Trinity (10)

4 A camphor obtained from oil of peppermint (7)

5 John __ (1779-1839), Irvine-born novelist who wrote The Annals of the Parish (1821) (4)

6 The pod of one of the varieties of capsicum (6)

7 William __ (1670-1729), a Yorkshire-born dramatist who wrote Love for Love (1695) (8)

14 Aligned (something) relating to the points of a compass (10)

16 The main action of a Greek drama leading to the catastrophe (8)

18 Any one of a class of coal tar dyestuff, giving blues etc (8)

19 The Roman goddess of wisdom (7)

21 AJ __ (1896-1981), Cardross-born novelist who wrote Hatter’s Castle (1931) (6)

23 Indian state on the Bay of Bengal (60,142 sq miles, pop more than 40 million), the country’s leading producer of chromite (6)

25 A semi-precious variety of agate (4)

Last week’s solution:

Across: 1 Montrose, 5 Mithra, 9 Cromarty, 10 Tineid, 12 Wherry, 13 Seoul, 16 Oroide, 17 Grisgris, 20 Andesine, 21 Acacia, 23 Dance, 25 Scoria, 28 Oporto, 29 Fletcher, 30 Sussex, 31 Principe.

Down: 1 Muck, 2 Neon, 3 Rhaphides, 4 Saturn, 6 Ivies, 7 Hierocracy, 8 Andalusian, 11 Hydra, 14 Monandrous, 15 Goldenrods, 18 Sacristan, 19 Snash, 22 Dollar, 24 Ettle, 26 Thai, 27 Erie.