Puzzle Quiz
Brush up your general knowledge with this bumper crossword
ACROSS 10 Capsicum frutescens (5,3,6)
12 Ecclesiastical benefice (10) 15 Amine compound found in putrefying animal and vegetable matter (8)
16 Former South African province, capital Bloemfontein (6,4,5) 17 Musical composition often preceding a fugue (7)
19 Small town across the estuary from Falmouth (2,5) 20 Oenologist’s drinking vessel (4,5)
24 Basis for lines of latitude and longitude (4,5)
25 Herbal tincture applied to sprains and bruises (6) 26 Composer of TheMerry
Widow (5)
30 Pink Greek dish (12) 32 US reality TV show 20022005 (3,9)
33 Mork’s 1970s TV friend (5)
34 Brilliant ___, 1987 Bruce Springsteen hit (8)
35 Austere Protestant faith (10)
39 Devon resort (10) 40 Monaco’s ruling family (8) 41 In Greek myth, the blood of the gods (5)
43 Egyptologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun (6,6) 46 Wordsworth poem (7,5) 47 Giant and astronomer of Welsh legend (5)
48 Major Swiss city and lake (6)
49 Actress who played Frankie Wharton in WakingThe
Dead (5,4)
54 Sea dwelling mammals (9)
55 Mean ___, Scorsese film (7) 56 Compound consisting of a long chain of molecules (7) 59 Title given to Privy Counsellors and government ministers (5,10)
61 Margaret ___, 19th century Scottish writer (8)
63 Knighted Olympic sailor (3,7)
64 Marx Brothers film (1,3,2,3,5) DOWN 1 Section in a public library (7)
2 Giselle composer (4) 3 Cartoon moggie with Twisted Tales (5,3,3)
4 Dutch island (5)
5 Resistance varying electrical instrument (8) 6 Shakespeare play about Agincourt (4,5,3,5)
7 The Beano bear (5)
8 Israeli city and port (4) 9 Bicycle gear (10)
11 Yellow Teletubby (3 3)
13 Scott ___, EastEnders’
Jack Branning (6)
14 Resident of London’s Royal Hospital for war veterans (7,9)
18 Cilantro (9)
21 Muslim scholars (5)
22 Room equipped with sunbeds (8)
23 Crustacean used in oriental cookery (5,5) 27 Asquith’s successor as PM (5,5,6)
28 1998 Tom Hanks war film (6,7,4)
29 Inventor of the electric battery (5)
31 Increasing by a semitone (10) 36 Blood components containing haemoglobin (3,5) 37 Singer with the 1986 hit
EveryLoserWins (4,5) 38 Online grocery retailer (5) 42 Caused (someone) to become hostile (11)
44 Actress in the 1972 version of TheGetaway (3,7) 45 One of the noble gases (5) 50 Coming soon (2,3,3) 51 Fictional town which was the setting for ATouchOfFrost (6) 52 Desert rodent (6)
53 Sliding scale (7)
57 Victoria ___ Mitchell, Only
Connect host (5)
58 Ground cover plant with ribbed leaves (5)
60 Norwegian city which was called Christiania until
1924 (4)
62 1995 crime thriller which starred Al Pacino and
Robert De Niro (4)