General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Auguste, French chef who invented peach Melba (9) 8. State in W India taken by Portugal in 1510 (3) 9. Landlocked republic in W Africa whose capital is Ouagadougou (7,4) 11. Lake in Switzerland fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss (7) 12. Roman goddess associated with the Moon, virginity and hunting (5) 13. Broad, flat projecting rim round a wheel added for strength (6) 15. The part of a flower’s stamen containing the pollen (6) 17. The principal Anglo-Saxon god, equivalent of the Norse god Odin (5) 18. Léo, French composer of the ballet Coppélia (7) 20. Women’s 4 X 100m and 4 X 400m relay winners at the 1976 Olympics (4,7) 22. Tall evergreen tree of

the pine family (3) 23. Wading bird of warm regions with a long horizontally flattened bill (9)

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2. Former French coin of low denomination (3) 3. --- Tuck, character in the Robin Hood stories (5) 4. Vicente Blasco, Spanish author of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (6) 5. Ray, 1973-76 world professional snooker champion (7) 6. Pathological fear of open or public spaces (11) 7. Aromatic tree of North America with dark blue fruits (9) 10. American actor who starred in 1990 film Pretty Woman (7,4) 11. German Air Force (9) 14. First book of the Old

Testament (7) 16. In music, a slow movement, such as in “--- for Strings” by Samuel Barber (6) 19. Sophia, actress who won an Oscar for 1961 film Two Women (5) 21. A score of nothing in

certain games (3)