Across 1 William ‘Guillermo’ ———, Cork-born scientist who helped establish Spain’s Natural History Museum (6). 5 Reverend Nicholas ———, appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at Maynooth in 1826 and credited with the invention of the induction coil (6). 10 Sultan Selim I dramatically expanded the eastern and southern frontiers of this empire (7). 11 Name … Read more
Across 8 The Muse of history (4) 9 Alternative name for Rameses the Great, pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt, celebrated in a famous poem by Shelley (10) 10 The capital city of this African state was founded by the Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais in 1575 (6) 11 Where the beaches … Read more
The basic fare was two properly baked loaves of bread daily. Other foods were prescribed at different times of year but varied according to the rank of the injured person. Nobles were to have salt-meat daily from New Year’s Eve to the beginning of Lent, garden herbs only during Lent, salt-meat twice a week from … Read more
Across 1 Spanish galleon that ran aground off Lacada Point, Co. Antrim, in 1588 (6). 5 Fanny ———, Russian political revolutionary and an attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin (6). 10 He was the last Anglo-Saxon archbishop of Canterbury (7). 11 Operation Rolling ———-, name given to sustained United States aerial bombardment campaign during the Vietnam … Read more
Across 1 North Italian monastery founded by Columbanus in AD 614 (6). 5 English hospital notorious for the ill-treatment meted out to the mentally ill in the eighteenth century (6). 10 This bay was the location of the Sea Horse tragedy in 1816 (7). 11 Site of modernised Norman castle in County Meath associated with … Read more