General Knowledge Crossword WORD WISE

ACROSS

1. John, politician who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as British Premier (5)

4. South American republic whose capital is

Paramaribo (7) 8. Independent state of southern Africa whose chief port is Walvis Bay (7) 9. 1965 play by

Edward Bond (5)

10. Perch, zander or

cod, for example (4) 11. Australian town which was originally the centre of a goldmining region (8)

13. John, Scottish theologian who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in

1560 (4)

14. Soft white cheese similar to Camembert (4)

16. Joe, baseball star who married Marilyn Monroe in 1954 (8) 17. Continent which includes China and India (4)

20. In heraldry, blue (5) 21. Plant which is the national emblem of Scotland (7)

22. ‘The ---’, 1959 play

by Arnold Wesker (7) 23. Colour of the ball worth three points in snooker (5)

DOWN

1. 1814 novel by Jane

Austen (9,4)

2. Jesse, US outlaw

who died in 1882 (5) 3. Jack, assassin who killed Lee Harvey Oswald (4)

4. Beetle regarded by the ancient Egyptians as divine (6)

5. Seaport in Wexford, Republic of

Ireland (8)

6. Former Kingdom of S.W. Europe established in the 9c by the Basques (7) 7. Large inland sea linked with the Atlantic by the Strait of Gibraltar (13)

12. Internment camp west of Belfast, Northern Ireland, opened in 1971 (4,4) 13. Small Chinese tree which bears a round orange fruit (7)

15. A young cat (6)

18. Erik, French composer whose ballets include Parade (5)

19. Mr. Crosby, film partner of Bob

Hope (4)

The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

GORMANDISE

A B C

Silk-like cloth To eat hastily Genus of sea-fans

HASSOCK

A B C

Garment worn by a priest A kneeling stool

A fish basket