General Knowledge Crossword

Across: 1 The Dogs of War; 7 Chord; 8 Rizzo; 9 Orr; 10 Hollywood; 11 Eubank; 12 Gibson; 15 Whalebone; 17 Val; 18 Eight; 19 Speed; 21 Breckinridge. Down: 1 The Go-between; 2 Ono; 3 Saddle; 4 Forty-five; 5 Anzio; 6 Golden Fleece; 7 Carob; 10 Hanseatic; 13 Saved; 14 Bonsai; 16 Auger; 20 Ear.

ACROSS

1. 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth (3,4,2,3)

7. Straight line connecting two points on a curve (5) 8. Enrico, character in Midnight Cowboy played by Dustin Hoffman (5)

9. Phil, Irish rugby union prop forward who made 58 international appearances (3)

10. Centre of the American film industry (9)

11. Chris, London-born boxer who was 1990 WBC and WBO middleweight champion (6)

12. Dry martini with an

onion (6)

15. Horny elastic material used in stiffening corsets (9) 17. Mr. Kilmer, actor who succeeded Michael Keaton as a screen Batman (3) 18. ‘--- Cousins’, novel by Louisa May Alcott (5)

19. 1994 action film with Keanu Reeves (5) 21. ‘Myra ---’, 1968 novel by Gore Vidal (12)

DOWN

1. 1953 novel by LP

Hartley (3,2-7) 2. Yoko, widow of singer John Lennon (3)

3. Cut of mutton consisting of part of the backbone and both loins (6) 4. Number represented by the Roman numerals XLV (5-4) 5. Port and resort on the west coast of Italy (5)

6. Object for which Jason and the Argonauts set out on a quest (6,6) 7. Evergreen tree also

called algarroba (5) 10. The --- League was an association of towns in Germany from the 12c to the 17c (9)

13. 1965 play by

Edward Bond (5) 14. The art of growing dwarf ornamental trees (6)

16. Claudine, actress who played Bond girl Domino in Thunderball (5) 20. The organ of hearing

and balance (3)