Polymath 895 Set by Bradman
ACROSS
1 See 8
5A resident of one area of
Manhattan (4,5)
10An obsolete word for a point
(3)
11 Someone with long thin legs
(13)
12 A candidate seeking entry to
a religious community (9)
13 A secret police organisation
(7)
15 Referring to the study of
place names (11)
17 The snow leopard (5)
18 Female star of Calamity Jane
(5,3)
20The second city of the
Bahamas (8)
23Material named after a
French city (5)
24Name associated with Italian
sculpture (5,6)
26Like flowery fabric (7)
27A Highland or Irish
genealogist (9)
29A character in The Old
Curiosity Shop (4,9)
31 A facetious word of selfreference (3)
32A type of song (9)
33Comedian (1908-1990) (3,4)
DOWN
1 Like a bumpkin (9)
2Normal method of procedure
(5,8)
3The birthplace of Ireland’s
linen industry (7)
4An Indian language (5)
5People with exceptionally
good visual memory (8)
6The sandwort-spurrey genus
(11)
7Laminated (geologically) (9)
8, 1 across A fictional Italian
priest (3,7)
9A dish of fried meat and
breadcrumbs (7)
14The first wife of Richard II
(4,2,7)
16 A musical set in the 1930s
(2,3,2,4)
19 Rendered Jewish or Arabic in
character (9)
21 Relating to a particular type
of quadrilateral (9)
22Like a cement (8)
23Converter of computer data
into readable form (7)
25A female public speaker (7)
28Roger, Endeavour actor born
in 1953 (5)
30A vineyard or a vintage (3)
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Solution Polymath 893
The first correct entry drawn
on Tuesday December 20
wins a copy of The Chambers
Dictionary. Entries should be
addressed to Polymath No 895,
Weekend FT, One Southwark
Bridge, London SE1 9HL. The
solution and winner’s name will
be published on December 24.
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