GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across

4. Biblical character who was the wife and half-sister of Abraham (5)

9. Person of wide knowledge, an outstanding scholar (8)

10. Harry Potter’s pet snowy owl (6)

12. __ terrible: person whose misbehaviour embarrasses others (6)

13. Irish actress who appeared in My Left Foot and Home Alone

2 (7)

14. Tide occurring in the first and third quarters of the moon (4)

15. The ___, Gilbert & Sullivan opera set in Venice (10)

17. American actor who played the role of Mike Shiner in the 2014 Oscar-winning film Birdman (2,6)

18. Pear-shaped vegetable of the gourd family, also known as choko (7)

19. In folklore, a giant who eats humans (4)

21. Sport which follows air, ice and street (6)

24. Member of the government agency whose motto is Maintiens le droit (defending the law) (7)

26. Defensive wall around a castle (7)

28. Fictional penguin character in Toy Story 2 (6)

30. Form of motor racing which usually involves two vehicles side by side (4)

31. Colorado city located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains (7)

34. Manoeuvre used when moving a patient, in order to keep the spine in alignment (7)

36. Mining city in New South Wales, 500km north-east of Adelaide (6,4)

37. Traditional Japanese stringed instrument (4)

38. “Love is a serious mental ___”: Plato (7)

39. Type of bread shaped like a dome (6)

41. Capital city of Macedonia (6)

42. City in Mali once known for its gold and salt trades (8) 43. “Let’s not be narrow, __, and negative”: T.S. Eliot (5)

Down

1. Songwriter and drummer whose death in 1980 resulted in Led Zeppelin disbanding (4,6)

2. Constellation whose brightest star is Vega (4)

3. The largest of this natural phenomenon, the 10,000 sq km Salar de Uyuni, is in southwest Bolivia (4,4)

4. English playwright whose works include Equus and

Amadeus (7)

5. “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than __”: Proverbs 31:10 (6)

6. State fruit of Idaho (11)

7. Footballer who played 51 times for England, including the 1998 and 2002 World Cups (10)

8. Warship featured in a Gilbert & Sullivan opera (8)

11. Currency of Kuwait (5)

16. Method used to preserve meat by salting rather than pickling (3,4)

20. Sports stadium in Brisbane which opened in 1895 (5)

22. Jewish braided bread containing eggs, eaten on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays (7)

23. German composer and conductor known for his choral and orchestral works (11)

25. Dog breed defined as being less than 28cm tall at the shoulder (3,6)

27. Nickname of Burnley Football Club (3,7)

29. Only person to have been Prime Minister and GovernorGeneral of New Zealand (8)

32. We Shall ___, song associated with the Civil Rights Movement since 1959 (8)

33. According to an adage, it’s the best policy (7)

35. Colloquial term for a thick, sticky, sloppy substance (5)

36. American professional baseball team based in Atlanta (6)

40. Nickname for the English city of Birmingham (4)