GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Billiards stroke in which the cue is held nearly vertically ( 5)

4. 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott ( 7)

8. Element used in the vulcanisation of rubber ( 7)

9. See 18 Dn.

10. Kingsley, author of Lucky Jim ( 4)

11. American state whose capital is Dover ( 8)

13. Author of the second Gospel in the New Testament ( 4)

14. “The ---”, 1970 novel by Jackie Collins ( 4)

16. John L., American heavyweight boxer defeated in 1892 by James J. Corbett ( 8)

17. Sir Christopher, architect who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in London ( 4)

20. Digit of the hand also called the pollex ( 5)

21. Italian university city after which a meat sauce is named ( 7)

22. Frank, actor/ singer born in Hoboken, New Jersey ( 7)

23. P. W., South African President 1984- 9 ( 5)

DOWN

1. American state whose capital is Boston ( 13)

2. Sir Georg, Budapestborn conductor who took British nationality in 1972 ( 5)

3. In communications, code word for the letter e ( 4)

4. State in the Middle East whose cities include Haifa and Beersheba ( 6)

5. Character in Greek mythology who promised to marry any man that could run faster than her ( 8)

6. Rider, author of She ( 7)

7. 1936 novel by Aldous Huxley ( 7,2,4)

12. Flying mammal of the suborder Mega chiroptera which feeds on fruit ( 5,3)

13. Rod, 1972 Olympic 110m hurdles champion ( 7)

15. Surname of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky ( 6) 18 and 9 Ac. An angle of

90? ( 5,5)

19. Card of the lowest ranking suit in bridge ( 4)