General Knowledge Crossword

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7. Franz, Hungarian composer of operetta The Merry Widow (5) 8. Japanese city on Honshu whose features include the ‘Castle of the Crow’ (7) 9. Ballet with music by Adolphe Adam (7) 10. Greek author of fables using animals to illustrate the moral involved (5) 12. American actor who played Butch Cassidy in a 1969 film (4,6) 15 & 17Dn. South African province whose capital is Bloemfontein (6,4,5) 18. Sweet orange which has at its apex a depression enclosing an underdeveloped secondary fruit (5) 19. Dish of rice cooked in stock and served with chicken, tomatoes, etc. (7) 21. Aquatic bird with a long straight flattened bill and distensible pouch for engulfing fish (7) 22. In cricket, a run not scored from the bat (5)

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1. Valved brass instrument which features in Vaughan Williams’s Ninth Symphony (10) 2. Board game at which Capablanca has been world champion (5) 3. The --- Sea is on the border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (4) 4. Robert, US poet whose volumes include Lord Weary’s Castle (6) 5. Fabric or design with horizontal stripes (8) 6. Citrus tree cultivated for its edible fruit (7) 11. Eurasian plant which yields an oil used in medicine (10) 13. Tall plant, the candied stems of which are used in cookery (8) 14. Andrew, poet whose works included To His Coy Mistress (7) 16. Battista, Italian car designer associated with classic designs for Ferrari, etc. (6) 17. See 15 Across 20. Light 9mm submachine-gun (4)