GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

9. Shakespeare play which has caused audience members to faint (5,10)

10. American fictional detective created by Raymond Chandler (7)

12. Meringue-based French confectionery (7)

13. Mountain peak in Rio de Janiero (9) 14. Last king of Troy (5)

15. Chain of US luxury department stores founded 1923 in Manhattan (7)

18. British statesman who founded the city of Singapore (7)

21. Poison found naturally in the seeds of the castor oil plant (5)

23. “Mature workers are less __, less reactive, more creative and more centred”: Deepak Chopra (9)

25. Simon & Garfunkel song released as a single in 1972 (7)

26. Belgian city on the River Scheldt (7) 29. 1954 US crime-drama film starring Marlon Brando (2,3,10)

Down

1. Unfermented or partly fermented grape juice or wine, used to raise fermentation in vapid wines (4)

2. Patrick __, character in animated series Spongebob Squarepants (4)

3. English heavy metal singer/ songwriter and later reality TV star (8)

4. Main antagonist in Shakespeare’s comedy play Measure for Measure (6)

5. “Our deeds still travel with us __ __, and what we have been makes us what we are”: George Eliot (4,4)

6. Fungus that is poisonous when consumed with alcohol (3,3)

7. Former leader of British Labour Party (8)

8. Destructive sea waves caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption (8) 11. Island resort in the Dutch Antilles (5) 15. Small citrus tree whose oil is used in perfumery and Earl Grey tea (8)

16. Swiss dish of melted cheese served with potatoes (8)

17. Musical by Noel Coward, which opened on Broadway in 1961 (4,4) 19. Character in three Shakespeare plays (8) 20. A young eel (5)

22. “__ have generally been thought of indistinct; but that is not true”: Pierre Schaeffer (6)

24. Swiss psychologist born 1896 (6) 27. Grey-green freshwater pike (4) 28. Britain’s youngest Prime Minister elected in 1783 at the age of 24 (4)