General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. ‘The Great ---’, novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (6)

4. Domesticated cudchewing mammal related to the llama (6)

9. Malcolm Bradbury novel featuring the character Howard Kirk (3,7,3)

10. New Testament character struck dead for lying (7)

11. Poem or prose work describing an idealised rural life (5)

12. A dance in which people pass under a bar while leaning backwards (5)

14. Michael, Scottish dancer who performed with Ballet Rambert before starting his own company (5)

18. 1966 film for which Michael Caine was a Best Actor Oscar nominee (5)

19. Liqueur made from fruit or from brandy with added fruit (7)

21. West Indies fast bowler who has taken over 300 Test wickets (8,5)

22. A natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a pigment (6)

23. Knitted material with a diamond-shaped pattern (6)

DOWN

1. Casper, character in the film The Maltese Falcon (6)

2. Opera by Mozart (3,5,5)

3. Pancakes made of buckwheat flour and yeast (5)

5. Alan, Commonwealth long jump winner (7)

6. 1895 novel by Joseph Conrad (8,5)

7. Sir Malcolm, composer whose works include music for the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (6)

8. Former East German secret police (5)

13. Howard, playwright whose works include The Genius of 1983 (7)

15. In ancient Rome, a bundle of rods with an axe blade protruding which was the symbol of a magistrate’s power (6)

16. Hubert, 1977 US Open golf champion (5)

17. In Greek mythology, nymph changed into a laurel tree in order to save her from Apollo (6)

20. John, US politician who was chairman of the Armed Services Committee 1981-83 (5)