General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. GK, author of The Napoleon of Notting Hill (10) 7. Hard translucent fossil resin which often contains trapped insects (5) 8. In Greek mythology, the sister of Orestes (7) 10 and 18 1965 Peter Sellers film scripted by Woody Allen (5,3,8) 11. City in England which the Romans called Aquae Sulis (4) 13. Legendary Gaelic bard and warrior, son of Finn McCool (6) 15. African republic whose capital is Lilongwe (6) 17. “The --- of the Rose”, novel by Umberto Eco (4) 18. See 10. 21. Imaginary sea creature fabled to have a woman’s head and upper body and a fish’s tail (7) 22. Main vessel in the arterial network (5) 23. Miss Trent in Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop (6,4)

DOWN

1. Highly venomous snake of the genus Naja (5) 2. A member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilisation greatly influenced the Romans (8) 3. 1950 film which marked the screen debut of Marlon Brando (3,3) 4. Sir Carol, English director of the film The Third Man (4) 5. Industrial city in the Czech Republic at the junction of the Oder and Ostravice rivers (7) 6. Welsh golfer, 1991 US Masters golf champion (3,7) 9 and 19. Charles Dickens novel featuring Tiny Tim (1,9,5) 12. Any of various nonvenomous rodenteating snakes such as Elaphe obsoleta of North America (3,5) 14. The Japanese warrior caste that provided the fighting aristocracy from the 11c to the 19c (7) 16. “Crocodile ---”, film starring comedian Paul Hogan (6) 19. See 9. 20. Lionel, English composer and lyricist whose shows include Oliver (4)