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General Knowledge Crossword

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ACROSS 1. Character played by Bob Hoskins in 1991 film Hook (4) 8. English composer and lyricist whose works include the musical Lock Up Your Daughters (6,4) 9. Form of vocal production used by male singers to extend their range upwards by limiting the vibration of the vocal cords (8) 10. Port in Ghana on the Atlantic which has the largest artificial harbour in Africa (4) 12. Port ---, former penal settlement in Australia on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania (6) 14. Rival gang to the Jets

in West Side Story (6) 15. Brigitte, French actress who refused the Légion d’Honneur in 1985 (6) 17. “The Town of ---”, alternativ­e title of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan (6) 18. A member of the Malaysian people of the interior of Borneo noted for their long houses (4) 19. Fighting axe used by the Native North Americans (8) 21. British middleweig­ht boxer, undisputed 1980 world champion (4,6) 22. Jethro ---, rock group led by Ian Anderson (4) DOWN 2. Lerner and Loewe musical based on Shaw’s Pygmalion (2,4,4) 3. “Desire Under the --”, play by Eugene O’Neill (4) 4. Jimmy, character in the play Look Back in Anger (6) 5. Jacques, President of the European Commission 1985-95 (6) 6. --- expression­ism was a school of painting in New York in the 1940’s associated with Jackson Pollock (8) 7. Highest volcano in Europe (4) 11. 1988 and 1992 Olympic men’s long jump silver winner (4,6) 13. Lymphadeno­ma, a disease of the spleen and liver, is also known as -- disease (8) 16. Vladimir, Russian artist and founder of Constructi­vism (6) 17. South American plant widely cultivated for its fleshy red edible fruits (6) 18. One sixteenth of an ounce (4) 20. The male of the deer, especially the red deer aged five years or more (4)

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