Factfinder's crossword

Across

1 Angus town, once a hand-loom weaving centre, the birthplace of J M Barrie (10)

6 Steffi __ (b1969), German tennis player who won 22 grand slam singles titles (4)

10 East African country (225,047 sq miles; pop over 25 million), independent since 1963 (5)

11 English racecourse which stages the St Leger (9)

12 A lute-like medieval stringed instrument (6)

13 Taking place or produced on the surface of the earth (geol) (7)

15 A short-billed wading bird of the family Charadriidae (6)

16 A transparent orthoclase feldspar (8)

19 Followers of a 3rd century theologian from Smyrna (8)

21 Unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (6)

24 George __ (1593-1633), an English metaphysical poet and clergyman(7

26 One following an interest regarded as dull and unsociable (coll) (6)

28 Crabs of the Indian Ocean with long eyestalks (9)

29 A translation of the Bible into Latin, based on the "Old Latin" version (5)

30 A small species of merganser (4)

31 The lower house of the Norwegian parliament (10)

Down

1 The Japanese persimmon, or Chinese date-palm (4)

2 Archaic term for a wild, reckless person (9)

3 An academic introduction to a subject (7)

4 A herbaceous plant whose root produces a red dye (6)

5 Insinuation, or indirect reference or intimation (8)

7 Archaic term for quick or eager (5)

8 The yellow viper of tropical America (3-2-5)

9 An Indian crocodile with a long slender muzzle (6)

14 The insertion of a sound within a word (10)

17 Relating to a West Indian (especially Jamaican) sect (9)

18 Any of various plants of the genus Polygonium (8)

20 A plant of a genus that comprises the candytufts (6)

22 A chief character in a literary work (7)

23 A male hawk (6)

25 A script printing-type (5)

27 A Chinese organ played by mouth (4)

Last week's solution:

Across: 1 Calvinism, 6 Locke, 9 Libidos, 10 Corslet, 11 Flair, 12 Neat-house, 13 Olent, 14 Anchorage, 17 Speedwell, 19 Rolls, 21 Cockscomb, 24 Sards, 26 Alliums, 27 Epochsal, 28 Eurus, 29 Lienteric.

Down: 1 Calif, 2 Librate, 3 Indurated, 4 Insensate, 5 Mecca, 6 Larch, 7 Calluna, 8 Entremets, 13 Obsecrate, 15 Calabrese, 16 Orris-root, 18 Escolar, 20 Lurcher, 22 Souks, 23 Ousel, 25 Salic.