Puzzle Quiz

Brush up your general knowledge with this bumper crossword

ACROSS

8 Founders of the Eternal City (7,3,5)

11 Larvae used in sericulture (9)

15 Estimating future events (11)

16 Caribbean island (2,5) 17 Norse god of mischief (4) 18 1968 hit for Louis Armstrong (4,1,9,5) 19 Famous cloned sheep (5) 21 Surname of Yentl star Barbra (9)

22 Star of the sitcom Lead Balloon (4,3)

28 Dumpy small freshwater diving bird (6,5)

30 Plant related to the shamrock and clover (7) 34 Gal ___, Wonder Woman actress (5)

35 Brand name biological soap powder (5)

36 Draft document (5,5)

39 Star of Gone Girl (3,7) 40 Amazon brand intelligent personal assistant (5) 41 America’s Lone Star

State (5)

44 Scottish school exams (7) 45 Place where the ancient Roman state council met (6,5)

49 Thérèse’s lover in Emile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin (7) 50 Golden horses with white manes and tails (9)

57 Lady and the ___, 1955 cartoon (5)

58 15th century navigator (11,8)

60 Matinée ___, term for an adored theatre star (4) 61 Book of the Old

Testament (7) 62 Concentrated food supplies for use in an emergency (4,7)

63 Motor racing event (5,4) 64 Compulsory Mass occasion (3,2,10)

DOWN

1 Back scrubbers (7)

2 Able to think on your feet (5-6)

3 Purpose for existing (6,5) 4 Consultants (8) 5 Flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (5,4) 6 High pitched musical instrument (7)

7 Long running Channel 4 soap (9)

9 Increase the value of (6) 10 Female character in DH Lawrence’s Women in Love (6)

12 Thai river which featured in an Alec Guinness film (4) 13 Ian ___, veteran actor (8) 14 Light boat with a single mast (5)

20 First name of Ms Quirke, Birds of a Feather actress (7)

23 Exercise involving controlled movement (7) 24 Empire once ruled by the Turks (7)

25 German fruit loaf popular at Christmas (7)

26 Surname of Olympic rower Sir Steve (8)

27 19th centur y originator of a famous thesaurus (5)

29 Area of water off the coast of Romania (5,3)

31 20th century Spanish artist (7)

32 PM who resigned after the EU referendum (7)

33 ___ of You, 2005 hit for Kelly Clarkson (7)

37 Coats made of sheepskin (7)

38 Elisabeth Moss’ character in Mad Men (5)

42 Conjurers’ society (5,6) 43 Low cut neckline (11) 46 Coastal region of eastern Canada (8)

47 Northern Eurasian finch with a white rump (9) 48 Rodenticide such as war farin (3,6)

51 Anthem of the European Union and Council of Europe (3,2,3)

52 Capital of Arizona (7)

53 ___ Lott, singer (5)

54 ___ Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm author (6)

55 Bring from abroad (6) 56 Detective (7)

59 Beatles film (4)