General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Spanish cold soup made from tomatoes and peppers (8) 5. Series of six or more balls in cricket (4) 9. ‘The ---’, character played by Henry Winkler in the TV series Happy Days (4) 10. Dry brown brandy distilled in the French district of Gers (8) 11. Longest river in France (5) 12. Genus of plants named after Flemish botanist Matthias de Lobel (7) 13. American author of crime novels such as Glitz (6,7) 18. Aromatic shrub whose leaves yield a fragrant oil used in the of perfumes (8) 19. Cut of beef from behind the loin and above the round (4) 20. Twin-charactered aristocrat in a 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf (7) 21. Chief port and former capital of Nigeria (5) 22. Sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard (4) 23. Konrad, chancellor of West Germany 1949-63 (8)

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2. Aquatic salamander of the North American genus Ambystoma (7) 3. Francisco, Spanish conqueror of Peru murdered in 1541 (7) 4. English fast bowler who starred in the ‘Bodyline’ tour of Australia of (6,7) 6. Tropical climbing orchid whose beans are used to flavour food (7) 7. King of England 1189-99 nicknamed ‘Coeur de Lion’ (7) 8. Treelike fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa (6) 13. Fleshy lower part of the external ear (3,4) 14. German white wine (7) 15. “The --- in Britain”, 1980 play by Howard Brenton (6) 16. Final goal of Buddhism (7) 17. Horace, fictional barrister created by John Mortimer (7)