General knowledge 877

(answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

1. Explosive force equal to 1,000,000 tons of TNT (7) 8. Type of musical composition, usually on a sacred theme (8) 9. Self-propelled, submarine weapon (7) 10. Mother of a horse, for example (3) 11. Combination of parties, nations, etc. for a common purpose (4) 14. Sharp-pointed duelling swords (5) 15. City of Ontario and capital of Canada (6) 16. Great mass of salt water (5) 18. City in NE Spain which was formerly known as Gerunda (6) 20. Profession or occupation (6) 22. Titan made to support the heavens with his head and hands (5) 24. Love of cruelty (6) 27. Capital of Vietnam, on the Red River (5) 29. Greek god of love (4) 30. A beard of barley, for example (3) 31. Tube for bringing air to a submerged swimmer (7) 32. Shell of a tortoise or crab (8) 33. Stephen —-, poet whose works include Trial of a Judge (7)

DOWN

1. Name associated with nursery rhymes and fairy tales (6,5)

2. Prickly, yellow-flowered shrub (5)

3. Treachery or disloyalty to a sovereign, etc. (7) 4. A strip of pasta used in soups (6)

5. A mouth-organ (9) 6. Uncertainty of opinion (5) 7. The Merry —-, operetta by Franz Lehar (5) 12. A former administrative district of Kent (5) 13. Larva of a moth, butterfly, etc. (11) 17. Sailing boat with twin hulls (9) 19. Frequently, the last movement of a sonata (5) 21. Elias —-, antiquary, founder of a museum at Oxford (7) 23. Glasses used in optical instruments (6) 25. A rich tapestry used as a wall-hanging (5) 26. The Muslim world (5) 28. The —- and the Dead, wellknown novel by Norman Mailer (5)