GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 & 8Ac. Dramatisation by AA Milne of a 1908 children’s book by Kenneth Grahame (4,2,4,4)

8. See 1 Across

9. Ninth month in the Roman calendar until the 7th century BC (8)

10. French word for Christmas (4)

12. Dylan, Welsh poet who authored Under Milk Wood (6)

14. 1984 film which features Daryl Hannah as a mermaid (6)

15. Andre, 1992 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion (6)

17. Fine-grained dark igneous rock used in road construction (6)

18. Biblical character, elder son of Isaac (4)

19. Jose-Maria, 1994 US Masters golf champion (8)

21. Large powerfully built black and tan dog originally from Germany (10)

22. British river which flows through Leeds (4)

DOWN

2. The tube by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach (10)

3. Bird of the family Columbidae (4)

4. George, painter noted for his pictures of horses (6)

5. Joel Chandler, creator of Uncle Remus (6)

6. Acute viral disease affecting the nerves, also called herpes zoster (8)

7. An Israeli airline (2,2)

11. Republic whose capital is San Salvador (2,8)

13. De Havilland twin-engined bomber built of plywood and used by the RAF in World War II (8)

16. Line on a map connecting places with an equal period of sunshine (6)

17. HMS ---, survey ship associated with Charles Darwin (6)

18. In the British Isles, a nobleman ranking between a marquess and a viscount (4)

20. City in Uttar Pradesh which houses the Taj Mahal (4)