Quiz Crossword

ACROSS 1 One of the North Frisian Islands in the North Sea tha was ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890 in exchange for Zanzibar (10) 7 Synthetic textile fibre made from wood pulp or other forms of cellulose (5) 8 and 13 US blues singer-songwriter and guitarist who died in 2001 (4,3,6) 10 Correctional facility in Ossining, New York State (4,4) 11 God of thunder in Norse mythology (4) 13 See 8 15 In communications, a code word for the letter y (6) 17 Piece of music composed for three people (4) 18 Mausoleum in India built by the emperor Shah Jahan (3,5) 21 Eagle, boxer also known as Eagle Kyowa who was WBC Strawweight champion from January-December 2004 (7) 22 Mountainous peninsula at the N. end of the Red Sea (5) 23 Vice President of the United States from 2001 (4,6) DOWN 1 Franz Joseph, composer whose works include the 1782 opera Orlando Paladino (5) 2 Edwin, painter whose works include 1848’s Dog with Slipper (8) 3 Ridley Scott film starring Demi Moore as Lt Jordan O’Neil (2,4) 4 Bert, actor whose film roles included Professor Spats in The Night They Raided Minsky’s (4) 5 Tourist resort in Russia that is capital of the KabardinoBalkar Republic (7) 6 Italian open sandwich of toasted bread topped with olive oil, tomatoes and olives (10) 9 Department of France whose capital is Chartres (4-2-4) 12 SJ, England Test cricketer who took 5-43 against Australia at Lord’s in 2005 (8) 14 Japanese art of paper folding (7) 16 Joe, American Football quarterback who was Most Valuable Player for the New York Jets in Super Bowl III in 1969 (6) 19 See 20 20 and 19 Actor-writer whose film roles include Oliver Farnsworth in The Man Who Fell to Earth (4,5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: - 6 Mycenae. 7 Sodom. 9 Ono. 10 Octopussy. 12 Max Beerbohm. 15 Rupert’s Land. 17 Athabasca. 19 Loy. 21 Octet. 22 Fabergé.

Down: - 1 Myrna. 2 Red. 3 Talc. 4 Columbine. 5 Porsche. 8 Lowell. 11 Caretaker. 13 Botham. 14 Justice. 16 Rough. 18 Cram. 20 Sea.