QUIZ CROSSWORD
Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to reveal the name of a singer (3,8)
ACROSS
1 First-_, New Year tradition in Scotland, Northern England and the Isle of Man (7)
6 Crime writer who created the character of Adam Dalgliesh, P D _ (5)
9 Francis _, the lead singer of Status Quo (5)
10 5th-century Greek tragedian who wrote the Oresteia (9)
11 Scottish town which is home to the third oldest university in the Englishspeaking world (2,7)
12 Cotton textile used to make jeans (5)
13 Popular New Year song derived from a poem by Robert Burns, Auld Lang _ (4)
15 In Greek mythology, one of a band of heroes who accompanied Jason on his Golden Fleece quest (8)
17 Country in the Pacific Ocean which is one of the first to see in the New Year (8)
18 Use acid or mordant to create a design on metal (4)
22 The world’s seventh-largest country by area (5)
24 Person who manages the financial assets and liabilities of a society or company (9)
26 US state whose capital and largest city is Nashville (9)
27 Nos _, annual South Wales road race held on New Year’s Eve (5)
28 Fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae (5)
29 Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist, Paul _ (7)
DOWN
1 Large area of land covered with trees and plants (6)
2 Container or room in which the bones of dead people are placed (7)
3 Ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer (5)
4 The most populous country in Central America (9)
5 Biblical prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt (5)
6 English poet and cleric of the Elizabethan era (4,5)
7 City in Northern Italy, the capital of Lombardy (5)
8 American children’s TV show which first aired in 1969, _ Street (6)
14 Author of the 1854-55 novel
North And South, _ Gaskell (9)
16 Legendary wife of King Arthur (9)
19 Captain _’s Mandolin, 1994 novel by Louis de Bernières (7)
20 Annual US ice hockey game played on New Year’s Day, the NHL _ Classic (6)
21 Late-morning meal (6)
23 US singer who had a 1977 hit with
I Feel Love,
_ Summer (5)
24 Electroshock weapon used by the police (5)
25 New Orleans college football game played on New Year’s Day, the _ Bowl (5)