General knowledge 797

(answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

1. Another name for tungsten (7) 8. A process of etching on copper, of which Goya was an exponent (8) 9. One of a Germanic people who occupied a region in northern Italy named after them (7) 10. A decree passed by a legislative body (3) 11. King of the Amalekites whom Samuel “hewed in pieces” (4) 14. Feeling of languor or boredom (5) 15. Archimedes’s cry, meaning “I have found it” (6) 16. A young ox from two to four years old (5) 18. The —- estate, a name applied to the press (6) 20. The 1st of May is known as —day (6) 22. Woodland spirit with ears, tail and legs of a goat (5) 24. Famous toboggan run situated at St. Moritz (6) 27. Channel to carry away excess water, etc. (5) 29. Nobleman ranking between a marquis and a viscount (4) 30. Swiss territory comprising the Reuss valley and the St. Gotthard pass (3)

31 & 1 Down. M.P., leader of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade (7,11) 32. Praise Jehovah, a song of praise to God (8) 33. Snuggles down (7)

DOWN

1. See 31

2. Acid citrus fruit (5) 3. One who takes a practical view of things (7)

4 & 5. Famous opera by Puccini (6,9)

6. Fragrant essential oil of the damask rose (5) 7. A tell-tale (5) 12. Thick-bodied lizard with adhesive toes (5) 13. Connoisseurs of cookery (11) 17. A storehouse of information, a dictionary or encyclopaedia (9) 19. Court official (5) 21. Ossie —-, former manager of Tottenham Hotspur FC (7) 23. Island off the coast of mainland China, capital Taipei (6) 25. Mass meeting (5) 26. Snow or hail falling in a halfmelted state (5) 28. In The Tempest, a spirit imprisoned by Sycorax (5)