Quiz Crossword
3 Gaetano, Italian composer of the 1843 opera Don Pasquale (9) 8 William, Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-45 (4) 9 HP, science fiction and horror writer whose stories include The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (9) 10 DK, Australia cricketer who took 5-84 on his Test debut in 1971 against England at Adelaide (6) 11 Process of printing fabric in which parts not to be dyed are covered by wax (5) 14 Jelena, winner of the 2001 Italian Open women’s singles tennis title (5) 15 1943 novel by Colette (4) 16 Third planet from the sun (5) 18 Ancient kingdom east of the River Tigris (4) 20 18th Century card game whose name derives from the Spanish word for man (5) 21 Former British gold coin having the value of one third of a pound (5) 24 Georges, painter whose works include 1889’s Young Woman Powdering Herself (6) 25 European republic whose capital is Vilnius (9) 26 Nigel, 1992-96 WBC Super Middleweight champion (4) 27 Gothic cathedral of Paris on the Île de la Cité (5,4) 1 “The … …”, 1924 novel by Hugh Walpole (3,6) 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem subtitled A Vision in a Dream (5,4) 4 Woodwind instrument whose mouthpiece has a double reed (4) 5 City in Honshu, Japan on the Ina River that is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka (5) 6 Insect of the order Dermaptera having leathery forewings (6) 7 William Howard, 27th President of the US (4) 9 Walled city in Apulia, Italy which houses Greek and Roman remains (5) 11 Victor, Danish entertainer and pianist who died in 2000 (5) 12 City in Northern Cape, South Africa that is a diamond-mining centre (9) 13 Sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium carbon- ate (9) 17 Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the 8th Century B.C. (5) 19 “The …”, Roger Michell film starring Anne Reid in the title role (6) 22 Jean-Pierre, actor who played the character Antoine Doinel in a number of films by François Truffaut (5) 23 Type of flaky pastry in very thin sheets (4) 24 Former name of Thailand (4)
Across:
- 1 Four. 3 Triassic. 8 Amur. 9 Scrofula. 11 House of Mirth. 13 Riyadh. 14 Hauser. 17 Willi Holdorf. 20 Mon Oncle. 21 Emma. 22 Las Vegas. 23 Knot.
Down:
- 1 Feathers. 2 Uruguay. 4 Recife. 5 Abominable. 6 Sturt. 7 Cram. 10 Fer-de-lance. 12 Truffaut. 15 Snowman. 16 Thalia. 18 Innes. 19 Emil.