Polymath 807 Set by Sleuth
ACROSS
1Literary scholar and main
character in Nabokov’s Lolita
(7,7)
9German archaeologist whose
excavations uncovered Troy in
1873 (10)
10 Jean-Philippe, French
composer (1683-1764) who
revolutionised opera with
works including Castor et
Pollux (6)
11 Layers of grey matter in the
brain’s hemispheres (8)
12 Absolute power (8)
13 Indian term for an arrangement
or settlement (9)
14 A boat rowed by three people,
the second with two oars (6)
15 US doctor (1862-1910), who
living in Britain; hanged for
poisoning his wife (7)
17 A surgical instrument for
cutting muscle (7)
20 A bivalve shellfish used as
food (6)
21 A form of plumbism (4,5)
23 A large powerful sheepdog
with a long white coat (8)
25 Unarmed in botany (8)
26 The Giant’s Causeway is in
this Northern Irish county (6)
27 Thin resonating plate in a
musical instrument (10)
28 German American architect
who founded the Second
Chicago School and was a
leading exponent of
modernism (4,3,3,4)
DOWN
1Fictional animated blue dog
with a Southern drawl created
by Hanna-Barbera (11,5)
2Alan, Labour health secretary
(1999-2003) (7)
3One working to secure a
candidate winning a ballot (11)
4A reckless and often violent
young person (8)
5A natural asphalt found in Utah
(8)
6Flat cap worn by Basques and
others (5)
7Painter whose works include
“The Jewish Bride” (9)
8Scottish colonial administrator
and governor of New South
Wales (1810-21) often called
“The Father of Australia” (7,9)
14 Actor who played the police
chief in Jaws and Jaws 2 (3,8)
16 A fragrant mixture of dried
petals (9)
18 Novel by Samuel Richardson
published in 1748 (8)
19 In a state of exhaustion (8)
22 African river that flows into the
Indian Ocean (7)
24 Think tank created in 1993
with Geoff Mulgan as its first
director (5)
The first correct entry drawn on
Wednesday April 8 wins a copy of
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and
Fable. Entries, using the form
below, should be addressed to
Polymath No 807, Weekend FT, One
Southwark Bridge, London SE1
9HL. The solution and winner's
name will be published on April 11.
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