GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across
1. South Africa’s national rugby union team (10)
6. A baby puffin (8)
10. Cartoon character which is repeatedly chased by Wile E. Coyote (10)
11. In golf, the part of a clubhead furthest from the shaft (3)
12. Largest city in Kwa Zulu-Natal province, South Africa’s thirdlargest city (6)
15. Swedish city which is the home to Scandinavia’s largest cathedral (7)
18. Type of soil/mix in which to grow plants, herbs and vegetables (7)
19. “He is ___ who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature”: Socrates (7)
20. English comedian and actor who starred in a radio comedy with Sid James (7)
23. “When defeat is inevitable, it is ____ to yield”: Quintilian (6)
26. Fabric from the French word meaning‘linen cloth’ (5)
28. Form of dyspepsia which causes a pain in the chest (9)
31. Type of sander used for shaping and finishing wood (4)
32. Proofreading notation, indicating that a correction or deletion should be ignored and the text left as is (4)
33. Work of art which depicts mostly inanimate subject matter (5,4)
35. Dal ___, notation often abbreviated to D.S., written to mark the beginning or end of repetition (sheet music) (5)
37. In Africa, semi-arid region between desert and savannah (5)
40. Japanese company specialising in digital entertainment, founded 1938 (7)
43. 1995 fantasy adventure film starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst, centering on a board game (7)
45. Fruit sold by Nell Gwyn to audiences at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1664 (7)
46. Silver coins used in ancient Israel and the Middle East, also the currency of modern Israel (7)
49. Daughter of Tony and Carmela Soprano in the TV series (6) 52. A score of nothing (3)
53. Second part of Dante’s Divine Comedy (10)
54. The acting-out of real-life situations as a method of training or therapy (4,4)
55. We __ __, Christmas carol written by John Henry Hopkins in 1857 (5,5)
Down
1. A left-handed boxer (8)
2. “To live is the ___ thing in the world. Most people just exist”: Oscar Wilde (6)
3. A close shave (4,4)
4. Administrative division of a large city (7)
5. I Know Why The Caged Bird ___, autobiography by Maya Angelou (5)
6. Beryl the ___, cartoon character who appeared in The Topper comic (5)
7. A unit of local militia in AngloSaxon England until the Norman Conquest (4)
8. English artist, author and poet, 1812-1888, best known for his verse (4)
9. ___ ___ Auto, series of actionadventure games first released in 1997 (5,5)
13. Unedited (of a film) (5)
14. In cricket, a run not scored with the bat (3)
16. A female swan (3)
17. Wooden chest which contained the tables of Jewish law in the First Temple in Jerusalem (3)
21. American video game developer founded in 1972 (5)
22. Official language of Andorra (7)
24. Grand, residential garden square in Belgravia, London (5)
25. __ Spoke Zarathustra: novel by Friedrich Nietzsche which inspired music by Richard Strauss (4)
27. Term for an alternative passage of music played instead of the original (5)
29. “Workers of the world, __!”: rallying cry of communism, inscribed on Karl Marx’s tombstone (5)
30. French word meaning‘born with the name’(3)
31. Person who parachutes from low-level structures and landmarks (4,6)
34. Lightweight hats worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun (5)
36. Third letter of Greek alphabet (5)
37. Science fiction television series which debuted in 1966 (4,4)
38. 1952 Western film for which Gary Cooper won the Best Actor Academy Award (4,4)
39. On its __ __: colloquial description of an item which is failing or not reliable (4,4)
41. River which rises in Somerset and flows through Exeter (3)
42. Ribboned decoration given as a prize (7)
44. Character played by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix sci-fi trilogy (3)
47. The most successful song of 2014 (5)
48. Limestone landscape, as seen around Waitomo, with numerous ridges, gorges and fissures (5)
50. Small, throwable objects used in board games (4)
51. Australia is the world’s largest producer of this fibre (4)