General Knowledge Crossword

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1. African republic on the Gulf of Guinea whose capital is Lom_ (4) 3. Brownish-grey Old World warbler the male of which has a black crown (8) 8. Island off the west coast of Scotland: site of St. Columba’s monastery (4) 9. In architecture, a dome that has a point at the top (8) 11. 1353 work by the Italian writer Boccaccio (3,9) 13. James, Best Actor Oscar-winner for Yankee Doodle Dandy (6) 14. In Greek mythology, a sea monster who drowned sailors navigating the Straits of Messina (6) 17. 1985 James Bond film featuring Christopher Walken (1,4,2,1,4) 20. Southern African plant also called the calla (4,4) 21. Mr. Preminger, film director/actor whose works included 1960’s Exodus (4) 22. 1969 rock festival featuring ‘The Rolling Stones’ at which an audience member was murdered (8) 23. Soft creamy white cheese named after a region in N. France (4)

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1. Set of three pictures or panels used as an altarpiece (8) 2. Araliaceous plant whose forked root is used medicinally in China (7) 4. In the Roman Catholic Church, feast day on August 1 (6) 5. Georges, French statesman who negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (10) 6. Capital of Egypt (5) 7. 1991 novel by Jilly

Cooper (4) 10. Division of the vertebrate brain situated in man above the medulla oblongata (10) 12. In Greek mythology, the Muse of epic poetry (8) 15. Spear with three or more prongs for spearing fish (7) 16. Joseph, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1922-53 (6) 18. Pole ---, Olympic event won in 1992 by Maksim Tarassov (5) 19. Island of Indonesia whose chief towns include Jakarta (4)