General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Roald, children’s author whose works include James and the Giant Peach (4) 3. Old World game bird resembling the snipe (8) 9. Mixture of meat, fish etc., in a rich sauce, cooked in a mould lined with potato or pastry (7) 10. Person who refrains from using any animal product whatever (5) 11. U.S. escapologist born Erich Weiss (5,7) 13. Soluble mineral salt that occurs in arid soils and some natural waters (6) 15. Another name for

the bushbaby (6) 17. Fanny, 1948 Olympic women’s 100m and 200m champion (8-4) 20. Wild dog of

Australia (5) 21. Woodland plant such as the windflower (7) 22. City in central Myanmar on the River Irrawaddy (8) 23. Alexander Graham, inventor of the telephone (4)

DOWN

1. “The Flying ---”,

opera by Wagner (8) 2. Greek poet to whom the Iliad is attributed (5) 4. Feline mammal of the forests of Central and South America (6) 5. Actor whose TV roles included The Fugitive (5,7) 6. Thin stiff fabric of rayon, silk, cotton or nylon (7) 7. Clark, alter ego of

Superman (4) 8. Wife of Plantagenet Palliser in stories by Anthony Trollope (4,8) 12. David, real name of author John Le Carré (8) 14. Mikhail, Soviet statesman who was a founder of Pravda (7) 16. American state whose capital is Carson City (6) 18. Colourless gas with a chlorine-like odour used in bleaching (5) 19. Robert, 18c Scottish architect and furniture designer (4)