General knowledge 829

(answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

1. Representation of a name or word by pictures (5)

5. Science of reasoning (5)

8. Small stone fruit (6)

9. Piece of jewellery carved in relief on a contrasting background (5)

10. A stage play (5)

11. Vital, central points (6)

13. “… hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and —- and cummin…” (5)

15. South-east African country, bordered to the west by Zambia (6)

18. Hard, bluish-white metal used in alloys such as brass (4)

19 Surname of the heroine of a famous novel by Charlotte Bronte (4)

20. Poetically, a large merchant vessel (6)

24. Fine tobacco, etc., for sniffing up the nose (5)

26. A touring company (6)

27. Andrea del —-, Italian Renaissance painter (5)

28. In art, small, naked, winged boys (5)

29. One who governs in the absence, or the minority, of a sovereign (6)

30. Old Testament prophet who foretold the fall of Nineveh (5)

31. Another name for the American aloe, or century plant (5)

DOWN

1. Entrepreneur, one-time record retailer, now in the airline business (7,7)

2. Disney film about a little fawn, “Prince of the Forest” (5)

3. The “stone of —-” is preserved in the coronation chair (5)

4. Spiny-finned freshwater fish (5)

5 Ancient kingdom and empire of western Asia Minor (5)

6. Yellow, pear-shaped fruit often made into a jelly (5)

7. Well-known film produced by David Puttnam (8,2,4)

12. Industrial organisation, embracing many firms (6)

14. Township in South Africa, south-west of Johannesburg (6)

16. Compound plant forming crusts and tufts on trees, stones, etc. (6)

17. One who is slain or suffers for his belief (6)

21. The belly-band of a saddle (5)

22. A tempest (5)

23. Chess piece with the greatest freedom of movement (5)

24 Partitions in botany or anatomy (5)

25. In an extreme or excessive degree (5)