GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

Crisp golden-brown pancake with deep indentations on both sides (6)

4 In Hinduism, the creator of the

cosmos (6)

9 1966 Wimbledon men’s

singles champion (6,7)

10 Small four-stringed Hawaiian

guitar (7)

11 Tall palm native to S.E. Asia

with white flowers (5)

12 Henry, author of the novel

The Aspern Papers (5)

14 Colour of the ball worth seven

points in snooker (5)

18 Fertile patch in a desert (5)

19 Tourist centre in Florida which

houses Walt Disney World (7)

21 Heroine of Gone with the

Wind (8,5)

22 Laurence, author of the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (6)

23 Weedy plant of the genus

Urtica (6)

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1 Former money used by Native North Americans made of cylindrical shells woven together (6)

2 1939 James Joyce novel set

in Dublin (9,4)

3 City in Belgium, the largest French-speaking city in that country (5)

5 Rebecca, heroine of the novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (7)

6 1978 Warren Beatty film made in 1941 as Here Comes Mr. Jordan (6,3,4)

7 In Hinduism, the appearance of a Hindu god in human or animal form (6)

8 Garden plant of the family

Compositae (5)

13 Fifth letter of the Greek

alphabet (7)

15 & 16 “The ---”, novel by Joyce Cary featuring the

character Gulley Jimson (6,5)

16 See 15.

17 European umbelliferous plant, Levisticum officinale, whose aromatic fruits are used for flavouring food (6)

20 Sierra ---, African republic

whose capital is Freetown (5)