Complete Clue List
Across
1. Wilhelm Röntgen, discovered these in 1895 (1-4)
5. Ms Potter, English author. Created Peter Rabbit
9. Indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. Met by Christopher Columbus 1492
10. Ancient French coin loses direction
11. Scottish exclamation of surprise, disbelief
12. Baku resident
13. Afghanistan's third largest city. Ancient civilisation on the Silk Road
14. Automotive trader (3,6)
17. Unjust (3,4)
19. Polysaccharide extracted from beans used as a thickening agent (4,3)
21. Persuader particularly in elections
22. Painting support mechanism
23. Guaranteed to be fit for purpose
26. Judge Lance ____: Presided over criminal trial for OJ. Simpson murder case
27. Repeated facial spasm
28. Worst conflict of the 20th Century: World____ (3,1,1)
29. King of Thebes and son of Ptolemy OR an ancient Lycian city
30. Collective name for sepals of a flower OR a genus of Sponges
Down
1. Ancient Greek commander of the Ten Thousand
2. American civil rights activist, and talk show host. Founder-National Action Network. (2,8)
3. Royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and, in 1707 Great Britain
4. American singer, songwriter, and actress. Daughter of Billy Ray (5,5)
5. Incendiary device defuser: ____ technician
6. Christina, American pop singer "Genie in a Bottle"
7. Ms McEntire, American Singer. "Queen of the Country"
8. Mr Rudd, Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist.
"Follow the Sun"
15. Noted American film critic at the "Chicago Sun-Times" and film historian (5,5)
16. Pertaining to organisation and planning
18. Genus of plant: pseudo-cereals grown for edible starchy seeds. Staple part of Aztec diet
20. American Muslim minister / human rights activist. Assassinated 1965 (7,1)
21. What Edward Jenner used as the basis for the first vaccination
22. Medicine that causes vomiting.
24. Canadian actors: Reynolds or Gosling
25. Drags along