General Knowledge Crossword

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1. The --- system was a theory which stated that the earth lay at the centre of the universe (9)

8. ‘Lady Windermere’s ---’, play by Oscar Wilde (3)

9. American actor whose TV roles included that of Marcus Welby, MD (6,5)

11. Mountain range in central China, mainly in Quinghai province (3,4)

12. High-speed overarm swimming stroke (5)

13. Coniferous tree of the genus Picea (6)

15. ‘Modesty ---’, comic strip by O’Donnell and Holdaway filmed in 1966 with Monica Vitti (6)

17. ‘The --Programme’, 1968 Michael Moorcock book (5)

18. Common European bird with a blue crown and yellow underparts (4,3)

20. See 7 Down

22. Shrub of Asia whose dried shredded leaves are used to make a beverage (3)

23. Steroid hormone which promotes development of female secondary sexual characteristics (9)

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2. ‘The --- Sisters’, novel by H.E. Bates (3)

3. Third planet from the sun (5)

4. Chinese town in Henan province, former capital of the Shang dynasty (6)

5. ‘--- of Justice’, Edgar Wallace novel, a sequel to The Four Just Men (7)

6. Asian republic whose capital is Kabul (11)

7 & 20A Composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel (9,11)

10. 1995 US Masters golf champion (3,8)

11. Nasally blown musical instrument of the South Sea Islands (4,5)

14. Capital of Sri Lanka (7)

16. ‘The --- of Crewe’, novel by Muriel Spark (6)

19. Large baglike mammary gland of cows and sheep (5)

21. Sebastian, 1984 Olympic 1500m champion (3)

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