Factfinders crossword - The Scotsman 15/09/12 - News - Scotsman.com 8 A closed-cycle external-combustion engine, using heated air (8) 9 The king of the fairies in medieval literature (6) 10 An inner room, or parlour (6) 11 A ground bass (mus) (8) 12 Vaulted entrance to a passageway (4) 13 A harmless, tailed amphibian, closely related to the newts (10) 15 Catastrophic defeat (1513) for a Scottish army, wiped out by English force (7) 17 A jointed bit for a horse, less severe than the curb (7) 20 Obsolete term for magnetically attractive (10) 22 The goddess of victory in Greek mythology (4) 24 To bind by gratitude (coll) (8) 26 Old Testament prophet (8th century BC) (6) 27 Italian-born priest (c1033-1109), who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093 (6) 28 East-coast fishing port, created a burgh of barony in 1566 (8) 1 Unmanufactured wool or other raw material (6) 2 Caribbean island (1,833 sq miles; pop 1.3 million), a major exporter of petroleum products (8) 3 Sergei __ (1898-1948), Russian film director who directed Battleship Potemkin (1925) (10) 4 Of humble origin or social status (7) 5 Vessel for baptismal water (4) 6 Former fishing village in the north-east, once a base for smugglers (6) 7 Large Canadian city (pop about 1.7 million), founded in 1642 as a missionary outpost (8) 14 South American port and capital city (pop about 1.3 million), first settled in 1726 (10) 16 Town in mid-Fife, once an important centre of linen weaving (8) 18 A braggart or blusterer (8) 19 A kind of teacake, crumpet or muffin (7) 21 Norman __ (1923-2007), American author who wrote The Naked and the Dead (1948) (6) 23 Deadly Indian rock snakes (6) 25 An Egyptian dancing girl (4) Last week's solution: Across: 3 Water, 8 Rimini, 9 Erebus, 10 Hobnob, 11 Manitoba, 12 Res, 13 Corbie, 14 Out-takes, 17 Impresa, 19 Impasto, 23 Arbroath, 27 Rhaphe, 29 Eda, 30 Rigadoon, 31 Teazle, 32 Geneva, 33 Ostend, 34 Lemon. Down: 1 Kimono, 2 Cinnabar, 3 Wimbrels, 4 Thomson, 5 Rennet, 6 Bertha, 7 Hubble, 13 China, 15 Tup, 16 Stone, 18 Elo, 20 Marathon, 21 Amaranth, 22 Rhenium, 24 Reiter, 25 Reamer, 26 Apodal, 28 Helena.