Otago Daily Times

General knowledge crossword

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ACROSS

1. What is the worship of devils? (8)

7. What is a short musical compositio­n designed as a practice exercise? (5)

8. What is the crisp skin of roast pork? (9)

9. What is a health resort near a mineral spring? (3)

10. What frame contains the panes of a window? (4)

11. What expression means tediously familiar or out of date? (3,3)

13. Who played James Bond in The Living Daylights? (7,6)

15. What are the broad triangular plates on the arms of an anchor? (6)

16. What is an adult male deer? (4)

18. In oil talk, what is the abbreviati­on for barrel? (3)

20. Bona amiko means “good friend” in which language invented in 1887? (9)

21. André Previn, Sergei Prokofiev and Henry Mancini share what birth month? (5)

22. What was Buddy Holly’s first big hit? (5,3)

DOWN

1. What knitted garments have been found in early Egyptian tombs? (5)

2. What is a horizontal bar of wood or stone across a window or the top of a door? (7)

3. Who is the Greek goddess of victory? (4)

4. Which American film star child later became the US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslov­akia? (7,6)

5. What is a German or Austrian sausage? (5)

6. What fibrous protein occurs in hair, nails, feathers and hooves? (7)

7. Colloquial­ly, what is an intellectu­al sometimes called? (7)

12. What is a confection of thin pastry rolled up around a fruit filling and baked? (7)

13. What small ship works in a harbour? (7)

14. What disease is also called “lockjaw”? (7)

15. Collective­ly, what is the plant life in a particular region? (5)

17. What creature is popular as a garden ornament? (5)

19. What is a prison on a warship? (4)

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