General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Unit of area equal to 4840 square yards (4)

8. In bridge, a hand of cards in which no card is higher than nine (10)

9. “The ---”, 1948 comedy western with Bob Hope as a dentist (8)

10. “The ---”, 1976 novel by Peter Benchley (4)

12. Seaport in Ukraine, the leading Black Sea port (6)

14. --- foot is a form of frostbite (6)

15. Garden in Athens where Aristotle taught (6)

17. “The Caucasian Chalk ---”, play by Bertolt Brecht (6)

18. Mr. Walesa, former President of Poland (4)

19. Another name for the trachea (8)

21. Tubular pieces of pasta filled with meat or cheese (10)

22. Lion in the 1966 film Born Free (4)

DOWN

2. Arthur, author of the Sherlock Holmes tales (5,5)

3. “Jane ---”, novel by Charlotte Brontë (4)

4. Name given to the fleet of Spanish ship sent to attack England in 1588 (6) 5 and 13. Actor whose screen roles included Teddy Lloyd in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,8)

6. Charles, American inventor of vulcanised rubber (8)

7. In electronics, a wafer of semiconductor material processed to form a type of integrated circuit (4)

11. Australian genus of trees whose leaves and bark are eaten by the koala (10)

13. See 5

16. Wolf-boy in Kipling’s The Jungle Books (6)

17. In Judaism, a man employed to lead synagogue services (6)

18. “The Rape of the ---”, poem by Alexander Pope (4)

20. A classic ballet practice posture with erect back and bent knees (4)