General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

7. In Greek mythology, ferryman who brought the dead across the Styx to Hades (6)

8 & 18A Mixed drink of vodka and tomato juice (6,4)

10. Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament whose oracles were chiefly directed against the Edom (7) 11. Ayrton, 1988 world Formula One motor racing champion (5) 12. Thomas, English poet who authored Elegy Written in a Country Church

Yard (4)

13. Bovid mammal of

the genus Ovis (5) 17. Las ---, city in Nevada famous for its casinos (5)

18. See 8 Across

22. Third month of the

year (5)

23. An --- harp produces a musical sound when a current of air passes over it (7)

24. Treeless zone lying between the ice cap and timber line of North America and Eurasia (6)

25. Port and resort in Belgium on the North Sea (6)

DOWN

1. Ebenezer, character in A Christmas

Carol by Charles Dickens (7) 2. Malaysian state on

Borneo (7)

3. Joe, boxer nicknamed the ‘Brown Bomber’ (5) 4. Village in India, scene of Clive’s 1757 victory which established British supremacy over India (7)

5. John, English metaphysical poet and preacher who died in 1631 (5) 6. Bob, rock musician whose real name is Robert Zimmerman (5) 9. 17th century Mogul emperor during whose reign the Taj Mahal was built (4,5) 14. Breed of domestic fowl which lays white eggs (7)

15. Italian mathematician and astronomer who perfected the refracting telescope (7)

16. ‘Sparkling ---’, 1945 Agatha Christie novel (7)

19. Winston, character in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (5)

20. Ulysses S., 18th president of the US (5)

21. Web-footed long

necked bird (5)