GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across 1.
Rich French frozen dessert consisting of layers of ice cream, fruit, syrup and whipped cream, served in a tall glass (7)
4. Twin sister of Donald Duck (5)
7. Polite form of address for a woman you do not know (5)
10. First name of Italian operatic tenor Pavarotti (7)
12. Dark-red cherry used in cooking and for cherry brandy (7)
13. receive the ball from the halfback after a scrum or lineout (7)
14. Aquatic tusked mammals with
16. Former Lord Chancellor, executed in 1535 for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England (4)
18. In the Book of Exodus, father of Moses, Aaron and Miriam (5)
19. Capital of Norway from 1824 to 1877 (10)
23. Small cat-like mammals of the genus Viverridae, native to tropical Asia and Africa (6)
25. Shrubs and trees known as wattles (6)
28. Port city in Ohio, home to sports teams the Browns (NFL) and Cavaliers (NBL) (9)
29. “The sight of you is good for __ eyes”: Jonathan Swift (4)
32. ___ Beach, small coastal town in Queensland’s Whitsunday Region (6)
33. Spun sugar confection resembling cottonwool (10)
36. Home and Away character played by Ray Meagher (3)
37. One of Robin Hood’s band, the son of a miller (4)
39. " # on the back of the head (7)
42. Surname of three Hungarian/ American actress/socialite sisters (5)
43. Country which is the setting for Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet (7)
44. __ __ Waterfront for which Marlon Brando won the 47. Greek goddess of the wilderness, hunt and fertility (7)
Down 1.
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio (4,7)
2. Profession of Finnish sportsman Hannu Mikkola, the 1983 world champion (5,6)
3. Word which precedes light and jam (7)
4. Surname of the title character in Charles Dickens’ last novel (5)
5. City in France which produces
6. Hank ___, US baseball legend nicknamed ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ (5)
7. Shoes that have no back or restraint around the heel (5)
8. Foolish or incompetent person (Aust/NZ slang) (6)
9. Old-fashioned golf club which could be a ‘mid’, ‘spade’ or ‘niblick’ (6)
11. Small ornament worn on a bracelet (5)
15. Province of southern Spain, the last held by the Moors, surrendered to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492 (7)
16. Song released by Genesis in 1983 (4)
17. A Hindu princess, or the wife of maharajah (4)
20. $$$$
Best Actor Academy Award (2,3) the book of wisdom”: Thomas
45. Before the change to decimal Jefferson (7) currency, coin represented by 21. “They can’t collect legal taxes ‘1d’ (5) from ___ money”: Al Capone (7)
46. __ __ Africa # 22. Occupants of a house or Meryl Streep plays the character business premises who pay rent Karen von Blixen (3,2) (7)
24. She Blinded Me with ____: 1982 hit for English musician Thomas Dolby (7)
26. Radioactive chemical element named after a territory which was the 31st to become part of the US (11)
27. Playing card which, for 150 years, carried an elaborate insignia to show that stamp duty had been paid on the pack (3,2,6)
30. Political police of the USSR in the 1920s and 1930s, a forerunner of the KGB (4)
31. “Failure is the key to success; __ mistake teaches us something”: Morihei Ueshiba (4)
34. Light frame on a hand press that holds paper in place (7)
35. In geometry, the distance from the centre of a circular arc to the centre of its base; also the keystone of an arch (7)
36. Genre of music which evokes a sense of calm (7)
37. Range of limestone hills in Somerset (6)
38. English actor and comedian, host of Carpool Karaoke (6)
39. Team winter sport played on ice, a demonstration sport at the 1952 Olympics (5)
40. Former Spanish mission in Texas, scene of an 1836 battle in which almost every defender was killed (5)
41. %
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