General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

7. The nest of an eagle (5) 8. W.S., English dramatist who collaborated with Arthur Sullivan on a series of comic operettas (7) 9. Cord which opens a parachute from its pack when pulled (7) 10. Chaim, actor who played the Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof (5) 12. 1927 Fritz Lang film featuring Brigitte Helm (10) 15. Freshwater fish of Asia and Australia which catches insects by spitting water at them (10) 18. Marine coastal eel such as Muraena helena (5) 19. George, governor of Alabama paralysed in a 1972 assassination attempt (7) 21. The International --- fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (7) 22. Stephen, American author of The Red Badge of Courage (5)

DOWN

1. Mineral used to make tobacco pipes (10) 2. Fruit dried to make raisins, currants or sultanas (5) 3. Roman emperor 54-68 A.D. (4) 4. Port in S.W. Morocco which was virtually destroyed by an earthquake in 1960 (6) 5. Duck-billed ---, egglaying mammal of Australia (8) 6. Finch such as Acanthis flammea with a red crown and pink breast (7) 11. Californian city on the Pacific (3,7) 13. Medieval English morality play in which the central figure represents mankind (8) 14. Sign of the zodiac associated with late October and early November (7) 16. John, Author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman (6) 17. Country also known as ‘The Land of the Rising Sun’ (5) 20. “The Rape of the ---”, poem by Alexander Pope (4)