GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across

1. Nursery rhyme character associated with a tongue-twister (5,5)

5. Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Liverpool, and later became manager of those clubs (8)

9. Term for any style of homemade spirit made in amateur conditions (7,3)

11. French word meaning ‘born with the name’ (3)

12. Restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (6)

15. A roof with two slopes, the lower usually being steeper than the upper (7)

18. Capital city of Bhutan (7)

19. ____ to Be Cheerful, Part 3, song released by Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1979 (7)

20. Charlie’s Angel character played by Kate Jackson (7)

23. English author, poet and political activist who wrote Five Children and It (1902) (6)

26. Popular Greek male name, especially in Corfu (5)

28. Historical television series based on the books by Diana Gabaldon (9)

31. American garden salad with bacon, chicken, egg and cheese (4)

32. “It’s difficult to understand why people don’t realise that __ are gifts to mankind”: Linda Blair (4)

33. Historical term for brave and heroic feats (7,2)

35. Province of South Africa from 1910-1994 (5)

38. President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 (6)

42. Daughter of the king in Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline (6)

43. Sharply tapering flag, especially on a warship (7)

44. Form of identification should soldiers be wounded or killed in action (7)

45. Venezuelan fashion designer born 1939 (7)

48. Chain of Japanese islands, also known as the Nansei Islands (6)

51. Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (abbr) (3)

52. Ancient Greek philosopher who is now associated with mathematics rather than philosophy (10)

53. A Tower of London guard (6)

54. Seven Christian rites of the Catholic Church (10)

Down

1. Organisms which float in water and are a source of food for fish and whales (8)

2. Second emperor of the Roman Empire, a successful general who became a tyrant (8)

3. Strip of land between water (7)

4. “Where the battle ___, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved”: Martin Luther (5)

5. A benefactor (5)

6. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is described as ‘the __ of God’ (4)

7. Dua ___, English pop singer whose hits include New Rules and Don’t Start Now (4)

8. Game played by tossing targets at a stake in the ground (10)

10. Capital of Taiwan, home to the world’s tallest building from 20042010 (6)

13. Sheltered areas near shore where ships may ride safely at anchor (5)

14. Cricketer who has been captain of the Indian test team since 2015 (5)

16. Writing point of a pen (3)

17. Canadian rapper and record producer, born 1986 (5)

21. Daisy-like flower, the birth flower of September (5)

22. Historic market town in Berkshire which hosts one of England’s biggest music festivals (7)

24. Nickname of American golfer Gary Lester Watson Jr (5)

25. Main character in The Wind in The Willows (4)

27. Traditional gift for a first wedding anniversary (5)

29. In the Hebrew bible, the halfman, half-fish God of agriculture and earth (5)

30. 2015 film based on a bestselling novel by Emma Donoghue (4)

31. Collective noun for a group of lemurs (10)

34. Middle daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham in the Downton Abbey TV series (5)

36. Number of sides and faces in a decagon (3)

37. Type of boat in the title of a 1982 hit by Split Enz (5)

39. Metric unit of length equal to one ten-billionth of a metre (8)

40. Surname shared by Jeremy and Kelly (8)

41. The Usual ____, 1995 thriller film directed by Bryan Singer (8)

44. “We are in ___ of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity”: Stephen Hawking (6)

46. Person living outside their country (abbr) (5)

47. Religious ceremonies (5)

49. German-American model and businesswoman (4)

50. Type of thick noodle from Japan (4)

regard them as our forgotten slaves. We have had slaves in New Zealand and there is a book on the subject available at good libraries.

John Webster, Auckland