:ACROSS&DOWNK۞C$1.2c'@.BEAUFORTSCALE.HAKIME.R.A.A.T.N.I.O.I.IARGOS.CHANNELTUNNELT.O.T.E.N.A.A.S.G.ALENINGRAD.PATTERSONE.A.E...R.U...S.R..SHUTTLE.EUROS.TROLL..T...G.W.N.W.E.A.OCASHCROPS.ALEXANDERE...R.T.....A.D...DTURBOPROP.CHRISTMASU.E.W.I.E.O.I...A..SIMON.PEPYS.NATURAL..B.J...P.T...O.C.EBURLESQUE.ANTONIONIA.A.W.U.R.R.O.I.P.PGYNAECOLOGIST.GROSZE.D.L.R.N.C.E.H.L.ILOTUS.NEILARMSTRONG-------------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.--------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.----------.-.-...-.-...-.-..-------.-----.-----..-...-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.----------...-.-.....-.-...----------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-...-..-----.-----.-------..-.-...-.-...-.-.----------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.-------------JUMBO QUIZ-WORD No. 8Eddie and Jo JamesEddie James 2003Means of indicating wind velocity used by mariners and meteorologists (8,5)One of the most universally acclaimed pop groups of 20th C. (7)Greek heroes who helped steal the Golden Fleece (9)Culminating yacht race in the Admiral's Cup (7)Bicycle, car etc. built for speed contests (5)Scottish golfing mecca (2,7)A mountain/mountain range in Nepal (9)Port in Israel and it's only outlet to the Red Sea (5)Muslim phsyician or ruler (5)Fort near mid-point of Hadrian's Wall (anag. 'dashes out S.E.') (11)Fashionable shopping area in London's West End (5,4)Italian city, a centre of the fashion trade (5)Said to be the oldest city in Greece (5)Houses the England/France rail link (7,6)Temporary name, during 20th C., of St Petersburg (9)US boxer, first to hold the world heavyweight championship twice (9)Manned space-craft designed for re-use (7)Activity done to increase one's sense of self-importance (3,4)Currency of the European Union (5)Induct into office etc. by administering an oath (5,2)Giant or dwarf in Scandinavian folklore (5)HQ of the MCC and cricket test-match ground (5)Cereals etc. grown for sale, not for consumption by the producer (4,5)Equatorial constellation named after Greek sea monster (5)Regalia of the UK monarchy (5,6)King of Macedonia from 336BC, conqueror of the Persian empire (9)Jet engine in which the propellor is driven by a turbine (9)Dutch 17th C. old master, painted 'The Night Watch' (9)Hard, spicy Italian sausage (9)Christian festival giving its name to an island in the Indian Ocean (9)San Jose is the capital of this Central American republic (5,4)13th C. Venetian traveller and writer about Far East (5,4)US singer, Paul, whose 1990 No.1 album had a saintly rhythm! (5)Famous 17thC English diarist (5)Musical sign cancelling a sharp or flat (7)West Side Story song or a David Bowie No.1 album (7)German industrial city, Wagner's birthplace (7)Comically exaggerated imitation e.g. of a literary work (9)Jewish ring-shaped roll (5)Type of mushroom that's a meat alternative (5)Italian film director of Blow Up and Zabriskie Point (9)e.g. N. American Indian symbolic carving (5)Scientist dealing with diseases and functions of women (13)George, German-born US Expressionist painter/illustrator (5)British motor-racing team, 1978 Grand Prix winner (5)First person to walk on the moon (4,9)