General Knowledge Crossword

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7. Mountain range in Jamaica associated with a type of coffee (4,9) 8. “HMS ---”, 1878 Savoy opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (8) 9. Alliaceous plant, Allium porrum, with a white bulb and cylindrical stem (4) 10. Capital of

Tasmania (6) 12. Decapod crustacean with a long tail and single pair of pincers (6) 14. Temperate perennial herbaceous plant with mauve or bluish flowers (6) 16. Horatio, British naval commander killed at Trafalgar (6) 18. Asian republic known until 1935 as Persia (4) 20. In medicine, an opaque area within the lens of the eye that produces blurring of vision (8) 22. Romanian gymnast who won gold at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the beam discipline (5,8)

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1. Tomaso, Italian composer who died in 1750 (8) 2. American state whose capital is Carson City (6) 3. Hideki, Japanese premier 1941-44 hanged as a war criminal in 1948 (4) 4. Lindsay, British stage and film director whose films include If... (8) 5. Marvin, US middleweight boxer nicknamed ‘Marvelous’ (6) 6. In poker, the stake put up before the deal (4) 11. Lake in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia (8) 13. Michael, English science fiction author of The Final Programme (8) 15. Small leguminous plant whose seeds are eaten in soups and curries (6) 17. Hollow organ which in vertebrates contains the vocal cords (6) 19. Standard unit of currency of 18 Across (4) 21. “The --- Machine”, novel by HG Wells (4)