General knowledge 885

(answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

1. A natural flow of water from the ground (6)

4. Spiny-finned freshwater fish (5)

6. Domesticated species of ox found in Tibet (3)

7. East African country bounded to the south by Kenya (8)

8. Julius Caesar was warned against those of March (4)

11. Ball game originated by William Webb Ellis in 1823 (5)

13. Vessel for baptismal water (4)

15. Roger —-, composer known for his Children’s Overture, etc. (7)

16. Titled bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (7)

17. Toy bear hero of children’s stories by A.A. Milne (4)

19. Large, fleshy fruit of the cucumber family (5)

21. A Hindu queen or princess (4)

24. In Romeo and Juliet, niece of Capulet with whom Romeo is infatuated when the play opens (8)

25. Food brought back to be chewed again by a ruminating animal (3)

26. Japanese armed martial art (5)

27. Delicate difference in or shade of meaning, colour, etc. (6)

DOWN

1. A kind of ray (5)

2. Short, light dramatic or musical performance between acts (10)

3. Surname of a Norwegian composer born in 1843 (5)

4. Plant or flower of the genus Papaver (5)

5. The single-span marble bridge over the Grand Canal, Venice (6)

6. Unidentified animal occasionally seen on the high slopes of the Himalayas (4)

9. Spanish/Portuguese river flowing into the Atlantic at Oporto (5)

10. An elemental spirit of the air (5)

12. Deadly nightshade (10)

13. The thighbone (5)

14. A light silk dress fabric (5)

18. King of the fairies in western European folklore (6)

19. Plaster of Paris prepared for use in modelling (5)

20. Cavalryman armed with a lance, in the former German army (5)

22. Heroine of two famous whimsical tales by Lewis Carroll (5)

23. Short for the Latin meaning “in the same place” (4)