GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Billiards stroke in which the cue is held nearly vertically (5)

4. 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott (7)

8. Element used in the vulcanisation of rubber (7)

9. See 18 Dn.

10. Kingsley, author of Lucky Jim (4)

11. American state whose capital is Dover (8)

13. Author of the second Gospel in the New Testament (4)

14. “The ---”, 1970 novel by Jackie Collins (4)

16. John L., American heavyweight boxer defeated in 1892 by James J. Corbett (8)

17. Sir Christopher, architect who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in

London (4)

20. Digit of the hand also called the pollex (5)

21. Italian university city after which a meat sauce is named (7)

22. Frank, actor/singer born in Hoboken, New Jersey (7)

23. P.W., South African President 1984-9 (5)

DOWN

1. American state whose capital is Boston (13)

2. Sir Georg, Budapestborn conductor who took British nationality in 1972 (5)

3. In communications, code word for the letter e (4)

4. State in the Middle East whose cities include Haifa and Beersheba (6)

5. Character in Greek mythology who promised to marry any man that could run faster than her (8)

6. Rider, author of

She (7)

7. 1936 novel by Aldous Huxley (7,2,4)

12. Flying mammal of the suborder Megachiroptera which feeds on fruit (5,3)

13. Rod, 1972 Olympic 110m hurdles champion (7)

15. Surname of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky (6) 18 and 9 Ac. An angle of

90? (5,5)

19. Card of the lowest ranking suit in bridge (4)