General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. The adult male of a red deer (4)

8. Leoncavallo opera featuring the character Canio (1,9)

9. Climbing plant of S. Europe cultivated for its butterfly-shaped flowers (5,3)

10. An almost horizontal shaft into a mine (4) 12 and 11 Dn. 1984 film for which Sally Field won an Oscar (6,2,3,5)

14. Long-legged rodent of the West Indies and Central and South America (6)

15. Israeli state intelligence service formed in 1951 (6)

17. “The --- Wakes”, novel by John Wyndham (6)

18. Bruce, American actor who starred in the 1976 film Family Plot (4)

19. Acute viral disease affecting the ganglia of certain nerves (8)

21. Australian Test cricketer who took 31 wickets in the 1993 series in England (4,6) 22. Bantu-speaking people off Rwanda and Burundi (4)

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2. 1953 film in which Marlon Brando plays biker Johnny (3,4,3)

3. André, French author of The Counterfeiters (4)

4. The extensive grassy plains of temperate South America (6)

5. Domesticated mammal related to the llama (6)

6. 1777 battle in the American War of Independence (8)

7. Aromatic plant of the genus Mentha (4)

11. See 12 Ac.

13. 18c Italian adventurer whose autobiography remained unpublished in full until 1960 (8)

16. Heavy metal disc thrown in athletic competitions (6)

17. Chesspiece which makes an L-shaped movement (6)

18. In Russian history, the elective legislative assembly established by Nicholas II in 1905 (4)

20. Lillian, actress whose films included 1915’s The Birth of a Nation (4)