General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. — Turtle, character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (4) 3. Another name for

the sperm whale (8) 9. Stanley, director of the 1962 film Lolita (7)

10. Piece of music in which a refrain is repeated between episodes (5)

11. 1889 play by Anton

Chekhov (3,4,5) 13. ‘— for Living’, 1933 play by Noel Coward (6)

15. West African republic whose capital is Conakry (6) 17. 1982 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion (5,7) 20. Constellation near Canis Major containing Betelgeuse (5)

21. John James, US naturalist and artist noted for his bird paintings in Birds of America (7)

22. Extinct elephant-like

mammal (8)

23. ‘The Akond of —’, nonsense poem by Edward Lear (4)

DOWN

1. US producer whose third wife was Elizabeth Taylor (4,4) 2. Unit of length in nautical use which is 120 fathoms in the US (5)

4. Japanese system of self-defence similar to judo (6)

5. Play or part of a pantomime in which harlequin has a leading role (12) 6. Abraham, 16th president of the US (7)

7. In Norse mythology, the god of thunder (4)

8. The movement for Italian national unity and independence from 1815 (12)

12. Jules, French composer of the opera Manon (8) 14. ‘The House of the —’, novel by Isabel Allende (7)

16. Book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper to form eight leaves (6) 18. U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of an ox (5)

19. Aunt Ada, character in Cold Comfort Farm (4)

WORD WISE

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

SKILLET

A B C

Small, long-handled pan Obsolete Scandinavian coin Remove floating matter from the surface

LOCKAGE

A B

C

Force needed to fire a gun Rise or fall of water effected by canal lock Medium used to ensure joints are water-tight