Factfinder’s Crossword - The Scotsman 29/06/13

Saturday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Hypothetical computers able to perform an infinite number of calculations (6,8)

9 A type of loose shirt worn in west Africa (7)

10 Small town on the Tweed, the venue for the Borders Book Festival (7)

11 A rubber packing-ring for a jar (4)

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12 Nancy __ (1879-1964), the first woman to sit as a MP in the House of Commons (5)

13 William __ (1759-1806), politician who was Prime Minister twice (1783-1801 and 1804-06) (4)

16 Rotating instruments for enlarging, shaping or finishing bores (7)

17 Historic English cathedral city (pop about 120,000), founded by the Romans (6)

19 To stop, block or frustrate (6)

22 US state capital (pop about 22,000), founded as a trading post in 1628 (7)

25 The god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology (4)

26 A one-masted, cutter-rigged vessel (5)

27 A small bolt, or a catch for a window-sash (4)

30 Small Japanese carved ornament (7)

31 The prickly pear genus of the cactus family (7)

32 London-born priest (1801-90), the founder of the Oxford Movement (8,6)

DOWN

1 Minnows, sticklebacks, etc (8)

2 and 24 down An Eqyptian tablet, found in 1799, which led to the deciphering of hieroglyphics (7,5)

3 A corporal in the Indian infantry (4)

4 Understatement as a figure of speech (rhet) (7)

5 Fruit preserved in syrup (7)

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6 River rising near Lochnagar, and flowing (48 miles) into the Tay (4)

7 Black vulcanised rubber (7)

8 Australian state capital (pop about 1.5 million), founded in 1829 (5)

14 Penelope __ (b1940), Surrey-born actress who starred in The Good Life (1975-78) (5)

15 A small anchor (5)

18 Shakespearean term for disordered in the mind or hot-headed (8)

20 Country in southern Europe (21,851 sq miles; pop about 4.2 million), independent since 1991 (7)

21 Hans (c1497-1543), a German artist best known for his portraits (7)

22 A type of Mexican salamander (7)

23 A sacred place, or very private room (7)

24 See 2 down

28 A fish closely related to the roach (4)

29 Book of the New Testament (4)

Last week’s solution:

Across: 1 Throne of Blood, 10 Rough, 11 Hellebore, 12 Heteronym, 13 Swede, 14 Boswell, 16 Traject, 18 Liaises, 20 Aral Sea, 21 Tidal, 23 Mussolini, 25 Imperator, 26 Daman, 27 Atacama desert.

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Down: 2 Haunt, 3 Otherness, 4 Ethanol, 5 Filemot, 6 Leeds, 7 Odometers, 8 Archibald Tait, 9 Fenestrations, 15 Stands pat, 17 Anacondas, 19 Symptom, 20 Assured, 22 Lyric, 24 Izmir.

Winner: Mr G Ferguson, Eddleston

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