General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1 & 18Dn. Winner of the 4km women’s race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships (4,4)

8. 1909 novel by H.G. Wells (4-6)

9. F.M., Indian cricketer who scored 121 against England in Bombay in 1972-73 (8)

10. Diana, actress who appeared in the film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (4) 12 & 14Ac. Director of the film The Last Movie (6,6)

14. See 12 Across

15 & 16Dn. Best Actress Oscar winner for the film Kitty Foyle (6,6)

17. The period preceding Christmas (6)

18. In weaving, the yarn woven across the width of a fabric (4)

19. Jean-Paul, Parisborn fashion designer (8)

21. Musical by Lerner and Loewe based on Shaw’s play Pygmalion (2,4,4)

22. Sammy, Chicago Cubs baseball player who hit 179 home runs in three seasons 1998-00 (4)

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2. 1849 narrative poem by Longfellow (10)

3. Small ornamented case for holding needles or cosmetics (4)

4. George, American landscape painter whose works include 1865’s Peace and Plenty (6)

5. Hermann, astrophysicist who assisted Werner von Braun in the U.S. 1955-61 (6)

6. Yuri, president of the Soviet Union 1983-4 (8)

7. John, English admiral executed in 1757 after failing to relieve Minorca (4)

11. ‘The ---’, 1946 film for which Charles Coburn was a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee (5,5)

13. Nocturnal bird such as Caprimulgus europaeus having large eyes (8)

16. See 15 Across

17. Wild mountain creature of N. Africa also called a Barbary sheep (6)

18. See 1 Across

20. 1992 Barry Levinson film starring Robin Williams (4)

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

Scandinavian god of ice In-turned club-foot Armenian order of clergy

Knotted cord Ancient card game Repartee