Factfinder’s crossword - The Scotsman 01/09/2012

ACROSS 

1 Fishing port in Fife, a royal burgh with a charter of 1541 (10)

6 A kind of wild onion, native to North America (4)

10 An ancient Egyptian queen (c1370-c1330BC) (9)

11 Sky-coloured (5)

12 Jean __ (1639-99), French dramatist and poet who wrote Phedre (1677) (6)

13 Arnold __ (1889-1975), London-born historian who wrote the ten-volume History of the World (1934-54) (7)

15 Letters of an alphabet (9)

18 Roof gutters (5)

19 Samuel __ (1633-1703), London-born diarist who was Chief Secretary to the Admiralty (5)

21 Part of the landing gear of an aircraft (4-5)

23 Plant of a genus of water lilies, including the sacred lotus (7)

24 A dealer in textiles, or small wares (6)

27 Robert __ (1635-1703), English philosopher and architect who published Micrographia in 1665 (5)

28 West coast ferry port, with a ruined 12th-century castle (9)

29 The horse mackerel (4)

30 Scampers off very quickly (coll) (10)

DOWN

1 A small sailing ship, usually with a narrow stern (4)

2 A variety of rum (5)

3 Paul __ (1854-1915), a German physician who shared the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1908 (7)

4 Patrick __ (1912-90), Australian novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973 (5)

5 The arrest of a discharge or secretion (9)

7 Foreshadow (9)

8 Capable of grasping (10)

9 The Finno-Ugric language of Hungary (6)

14 A genus of lily, native to South Africa (10)

16 A North American breed of horse (9)

17 Scottish explorer (1771-1806), who wrote Travels in the Interior of Africa (5,4)

20 A sweet cake, usually covered with marzipan (6)

22 Derogatory term for a military leader, usually outside government control (7)

24 Wet or dank (5)

25 Now obsolete term for vinegar (5)

26 Large African antelopes (4)

Last week’s solution:

Across: 1 James Craig, 9 Brno, 10 Fer-de-lance, 11 Bennet, 12 Cense, 15 James, 18 Avian, 19 Calking, 20 Motte, 21 Lhasa, 22 Neptune, 23 Stela,

24 Trill, 26 Peter, 29 Rowels, 31 Edmund Kean, 32 Idle, 33 Dalbeattie.

Down: 2 Ares, 3 Endive, 4 Colic, 5 Annan, 6 Grebe, 7 Frangipani, 8 Fortingall, 13 Eclipse, 14 Stipule, 15 James Braid, 16 Motherwell, 17 Scena,

18 Aglet, 25 Rocket, 26 Pseud, 27 Tamil, 28 Rance, 30 Bari.