General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Asian republic whose capital is Manila (11)

9. 1985 Akira Kurosawa film based on King Lear (3) 10 and 17 Dn. 1980 chart-topping album by The Rolling Stones (9,6)

11. River in N.E. France, scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5)

13. Brenda, actress who appeared in Mike Leigh’s 1996 film Secrets & Lies (7) 14. Tristram, character created by Laurence Sterne (6)

16. Large funnel-shaped structure at the lower end of the trunk in man (6) 18. Royal ---, 1995 English Grand National-winning horse (7)

19. Tropical Asian tree whose ovoid fruit has a sweet juicy flesh (5)

20. 1972 & 1976 Olympic women’s javelin winner (4,5) 21. The standard monetary unit of Japan (3)

22. Metallic element artificially produced from plutonium (11)

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2. Member of various Asiatic nomadic peoples who invaded the Roman Empire in the 4c and 5c A.D. (3) 3. Industrial city in Belgium on the River Meuse (5) 4. Titaness in classical mythology identified with Artemis (6)

5 and 21 Dn. 1931 novel by P.G. Wodehouse (2,1,4,3) 6. City in the Netherlands associated with the radio and electrical industry (9)

7. English seaside resort in Kent N.E. of Ramsgate (11) 8. Actress who played Mrs. Banks in the Disney film Mary Poppins (6,5)

12. Pasta in the form of

long strings (9) 15. Alfred, French army officer falsely imprisoned for treason in 1894 (7) 17. See 10 Across

19. James, actor who starred in the 1962 film Lolita (5)

21. See 5.