Prize jumbo general knowledge crossword

Across 9 Marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that lives attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc (8) 10 Name to which Brad’s Drink was changed in 1898 (5-4) 12 Scottish word for a church, especially one of the Church of Scotland (4) 13 Song about the Polish Solidarity movement released as the lead single from U2’s 1983 album

War (3,5,3) 14 1677 play by John Dryden

(3,3,4) 15 1970 David Lean film for which Sir John Mills won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar (5,8) 17 Statute of 1715 used to disperse crowds when read by a magistrate (4,3) 18 Fred ___, 19th-century jockey nicknamed “The Tin Man” who was Champion Jockey 13 times (6) 19 Charlton Athletic goalkeeper who won 11 caps for the Republic of Ireland (4,5) 21 In anatomy, any small circular area, such as the pigmented ring around a nipple (6) 22 Local government district in Kent, named after the narrow channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey (5) 23 Shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands that hosted sailing events for the 1928 Olympics (9) 26 Isaac ___, science fiction author best known for

Foundation Series (6) 29 Nom de plume of François-Marie Arouet (8) 31/35 The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden in 2013 (5,5) 32 The horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates (8) 33 Conservative MP assassinated by the IRA in 1985 (3,3) 34 Airport named after New York’s mayor from 1934 to 1945 (9) 35 See 31 38 Language closely related to French, also known as chti and rouchi (6) 40 1986 film starring Louis Gossett Jr, who also appeared in its three sequels (4,5) 43 Jean Philippe ___, French composer whose works include the opera

Castor et Pollux (6) 44 Roy ___, England

football manager from 2012 (7) 46 American psychedelic rock group whose bestknown album is In-A

Gadda-Da-Vida (4,9) 48 Evergreen perennial often grown indoors, with long, tough leaves and brownish-purple flowers (10) 49 Protective or supporting structure covering the outside of the body of many animals (11) 51 In the Old Testament,

Adam’s third son (4) 52 Technical name for

whooping cough (9) 53 The destroyer, a name given to the Devil in the Book of Revelation (8)

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1 1945 novel by John Steinbeck set on a street in Monterey (7,3) 2 Baron C P ___, British author whose novels include the series

Strangers and Brothers (4) 3 In law, a person who incites someone to commit a crime or assists the perpetrator (9) 4 1986 book, derived from material from the unpublished diaries of Anaïs Nin, on which a 1990 film was based (5,3,4) 5 Antonio ___, patriot remembered as the martyr of the Battle of San Mateo, mentioned in the last verse of Colombia’s national anthem (8) 6 Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for

Cabaret (4,4) 7 A dry red wine produced

in the Piedmont region of Italy (6) 8 1930 comedy of manners by Noël Coward (7,5) 10 Gout of the foot or big toe (7) 11 Dimitri ___, French international footballer who joined West Ham United from Marseille in June (5) 12 County of the Republic of Ireland whose county town is Naas (7) 16 10th-century king of Wessex and Mercia who extended his kingdom to include most of England (9) 20 The second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg (9) 21 Town in Umbria that was the birthplace of St Francis (6) 24 Small village in County Cavan, just across the River Shannon from County Leitrim, whose name means “The Shrine of the Ox” (5) 25 Patchwork elephant in children’s stories by David McKee (5) 27 Autobiographical manifesto by Adolf Hitler (4,5) 28 Olivier ___, French international footballer who joined Arsenal from Montpellier in 2012 (6) 30 Actress who played Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film version of Romeo

and Juliet (6,6) 32 American-born member of the Parisian avantgarde of the early 20th century whose lover was Gertrude Stein (5,1,6) 36 Former Controller of BBC Two and BBC One who presents the arts series Imagine (4,6) 37 US TV series based on

The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris (4,5) 39 Robert ___, American film director whose works include What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

and The Dirty Dozen (7) 40 Scottish rider who won four Olympic silver medals, including an individual silver at the 1988 games (3,5) 41 Another name for

frankincense (8) 42 Stella ___, English author whose first novel was

Cold Comfort Farm (7) 45 The Bush Kangaroo in a 1960s Australian TV series (6) 47 Jesse ___, US athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (5) 50 Mineral that is 1 on the

Mohs hardness scale (4)