Factfinder Crossword - The Scotsman 14/07/2012 - News - Scotsman.com 1 Musical instruments resembling the harmonium (8,6) 9 A device for damping vibration by a piston moving in a cylinder containing liquid (4-3) 10 An ecclesiastical vestment like a dalmatic (7) 11 The insertion of a sound within a word (10) 12 A depression made in the face of a brick (4) 14 Chinese gambling game (3-3) 15 A square column, partly built into, partly projecting from, a wall (8) 17 A popular assembly, especially in ancient Athens (8) 19 Marcus Tullius __ (106-43 BC), a famous Roman orator (6) 22 Central African country (495,752 sq miles; pop about 11 million), independent since 1960 (4) 23 The top of a rampart, or space behind a parapet (10) 25 A short pastoral poem (7) 26 Break down (a whole) into its constituent parts (7) 27 Fits together like the fingers of two clasped hands (14) 1 Scottish politician (1655-1716), the leading opponent of the Act of Union (6,8) 2 Jacob __ (1880-1959), American-born British sculptor, knighted in 1954 (7) 3 Obtains by entreaty or petition (10) 4 Clement __ (1883-1967), London-born politician who was Prime Minister (1945-51) (6) 5 Inflammation of a bone (8) 6 Neil __ (1891-1973), Dunbeath-born novelist who wrote Butcher's Broom (1934) (4) 7 A bright orange-red colour (7) 8 Instruments for detecting and measuring radioactivity (6-8) 13 A manuscript in which old writing has been rubbed out to make room for new (10) 16 The rose-bay willow-herb (8) 18 Charlie __ (1889-1977), London-born comic actor and film director, knighted in 1975 (7) 20 Writer of mournful or reflctive poems (7) 21 Henry __ (1838-1905), Somerset-born actor-manager, knighted in 1895 (6) 24 A moulding S-shaped in section (4) Across: 1 Douglas Young, 8 Toucans, 9 Labroid, 11 Nala, 12 Antinomian, 14 Cosier, 15 Hare's-ear, 17 Riesling, 19 Serail, 22 Etheostoma, 23 Darg, 25 Snuggle, 26 Laxness, 27 Pteridosperm. Down: 1 Douglas, 2 Utah, 3 Lysine, 4 Sullivan, 5 Ombrometer, 6 Niobite, 7 Stone curlews, 10 Dendrologist, 13 Fellmonger, 16 Knotweed, 18 Exhaust, 20 Anaheim, 21 Umbles, 24 Axle.