General Knowledge Crossword WORD WISE

ACROSS

7. Gaseous element,

symbol He (6) 8. See 20 Down 10. Bavarian city and river port, seat of independent princebishops of the Holy Empire (7) 11. Fabric of silk or rayon closely woven (5) 12. William, English Archbishop of Canterbury executed in 1645 (4) 13. Central of the three small bones in the middle ear (5) 17. Standard monetary unit of Costa Rica (5) 18. 1994 film starring

Jodie Foster (4) 22. Daniel, moneylender in Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop (5) 23. Harold, author of The Carpetbaggers (7) 24. Adjective relating to

the bear (6) 25. The long dry fruit or pod of a leguminous plant (6)

DOWN

1. 1958 novel by Iris

Murdoch (3,4) 2. Mountain believed in Greek mythology to be the dwelling place of the greater gods (7) 3. Fleshy underground stem of the potato (5) 4. Thick-furred marsupial of the Americas (7) 5. Paul, author of

Staying On (5) 6. American musteline mammal with a black and white coat (5) 9. 1415 battle fought between the English and the French (9) 14. 1606 play by Ben

Jonson (7) 15. In Greek mythology, son of Laius and Jocasta (7) 16. James Joyce novel featuring Molly Bloom (7) 19. 1973 Peter Shaffer

play (5) 20 and 8 Ac. Best Actress Oscarwinner for the film Coal Miner’s Daughter (5,6) 21. Buddy, actor who played Jed Clampett in television’s The Beverly Hillbillies (5)

The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

TYMPAN

A Any drum instrument B Blast furnace C Ingrowth of a cell