General Knowledge Crossword WORD WISE

ACROSS

1. Actor who appeared in the films Seven and True Romance (4,4) 5. John, motor racing driver killed when attempting the world water speed record in 1952 (4)

9. Fifth book of the

New Testament (4) 10. Actor who starred in the 1930 film

All Quiet on the Western Front (3,5) 11. Small mammal closely related to the weasel (5)

12. Mr. Pavarotti, Italian tenor born in Modena (7)

13. Irish boxer who became WBA world featherweight champion in 1985 (5,8)

18. Person who manufactures or repairs firearms (8) 19 and 20 Ac. 1973 film set in Venice based on a Daphne du Maurier story (4,4,3) 21. Arabian emirate whose capital is Doha (5)

22. Province of Pakistan whose chief towns include Karachi (4) 23. Joseph, English actor who died in 1837, noted as a clown in pantomime (8)

DOWN

2. Soft white unsalted cheese made from sheep’s milk (7) 3. Giant ---, owner of Doubting Castle in Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (7)

4. 1975 P.D. James

novel (3,5,5)

6. Group of American child actors of the 1930s-40s which included Tommy Bond and Joe Cobb (3,4) 7. Woodwind instrument, the tenor of the oboe family (7)

8. ‘Dr. Fu ---’, novel by

Sax Rohmer (6) 13. Airman created by

Capt. W.E. Johns (7) 14. Former name of former capital of Myanmar (7)

15. Sheikh Ahmed Zaki, Saudi Arabian politician born in 1930 (6)

16. American state whose capital is Indianapolis (7) 17. Author of The

Fountainhead (3,4)

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

CENTILLION

A Centre of the universe B The hundredth power of a million

C Central pillar of a building

DUENNA

A An operatic duet B A box-like stringed instrument C A chaperon