General Knowledge Crossword

Across: 7 Amazon; 8 Broome; 10 Mombasa; 11 Yemen; 12 Drut; 13 Dumas; 17 Nehru; 18 Help!; 22 Pound; 23 Ionesco; 24 Cymbal; 25 Sponge. Down: 1 Narmada; 2 Cadmium; 3 Coral; 4 Greylag; 5 Somme; 6 Henna; 9 La Guardia; 14 Feydeau; 15 Lessing; 16 Spooner; 19 Spock; 20 Gummo; 21 Snipe.

ACROSS

7. South American river which drains the largest area in the world (6)

8. David, 1970 show jumping individual world champion on Beethoven (6)

10. Seaport in Kenya (7)

11. Republic in Arabia whose capital is Sana’a (5)

12. Guy, 1976 Olympic 110m hurdles champion (4)

13. Alexandre, French author of La Dame aux camélias (5)

17. Jawaharlal, first prime minister of the republic of India (5) 18. 1965 film starring

The Beatles (4)

22. Avoirdupois unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (5)

23. Eugene, Romanianborn dramatist who authored The Bald Prima Donna (7)

24. Percussion instrument consisting of a thin circular piece of brass (6)

25. Marine animal of the

phylum Porifera (6)

DOWN

1. Indian river which flows into the Gulf of Cambay (7)

2. Metallic element, symbol Cd (7)

3. The --- Sea is between Australia, New Guinea and Vanuatu (5)

4. Large grey Eurasian goose, Anser anser (7)

5. River in N. France which was the scene of heavy fighting in World War I (5)

6. Shrub from which a reddish dye is obtained (5)

9. Fiorello, US politician who was mayor of New York from 1933-45 (2,7)

14. Georges, French dramatist who authored the farce Un fil à la patte (7)

15. Doris, author of The Good Terrorist (7)

16. William, Oxford cleric and don who had a habit of transposing his consonants (7)

19. Benjamin, American paediatrician born in 1903 (5)

20. Name adopted by comedian Milton Marx (5)

21. Bird of marshes and river banks with a long straight bill (5)