GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across 1.
Australian animal which was
seen by European scientists (4-6,8) 10. Tree, Acer pseudoplatanus,
the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae (8)
12. Staple food whose production is larger than wheat or rice (5)
13. Playwright and novelist who said: “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination” (5)
14. Character played by Julie Doctor Zhivago (4)
15. Native American people led by Sitting Bull during their resistance against the US government (8)
16. Eke out, economise (5)
17. golfer while putting (4)
20. Word meaning ‘of, or connected with, China’ (4)
21. People who decide between contending parties and whose
24. Manchester rock band formed in 1991, featuring the Gallagher brothers (5)
27. One of three small bones in the middle ear, also called the incus (5)
28. Crash barriers on a racetrack or motorway, named after their manufacturer (5)
30. French word for sea (3)
31. Small species of marten with dark brown fur (5)
32. Originating in Armenia, small orange-coloured fruit with velvet
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33. Chemical element discovered in 1899 by Ernest Rutherford and Robert B. Owens (5)
35. Latin word meaning “hail”, used as a salutation by Romans (3)
36. Classic 1953 Western, starring $
(5)
37. English comedian, writer on The Young Ones and Blackadder, author of novels Stark and Gridlock (5)
42. Insects of the family Formicidae which evolved from wasp-like ancestors about 140m years ago (4)
44. Potentially fatal respiratory disease which originated in China in 2003 (abbr) (4)
46. Single braid of hair made up of three interlaced strands (5)
48. Dense grass found extensively % & '
49. Small, decorative case used for storing needles and cosmetics (4)
50. Lowest deck in a ship (5)
53. Small, out-of-the-way recesses (5)
54. Grass area used for take offs and landings by light planes (8)
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Down 1.
Cheap accommodation for homeless people (10)
2. South Korea’s second-largest car maker (3)
3. The third principal period of history, occurring after the Bronze Age (4,3)
4. Lateral drift of a ship from the desired course (6)
5. Computer company named after its founder, third largest seller of PCs in 2015 (4)
6. Citrus fruits with varieties
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38. Followers of a religion which 7. Capital of the Eurasian country of originated in the Punjab in the late /
15th Century (5) 8. American swimmer who is the
40. Inhabitants of a powerful most successful Olympian ever, kingdom in what is now western with 23 gold medals (6) Turkey, founded around 5000 years 9. Italian equivalent of the Hebrew
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11. An obsessive fear of dogs (10)
18. Most northerly city in Britain, **! ; $
19. New Zealand equivalent of an American attorney (9)
22. Egyptian pharoah who during ;' <
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23. Malaysian state on the northern =
25. Instrument which was used, often by seafarers, for measuring angular distances between objects
26. Australian company, founded by an Italian immigrant in 1936, which sells dry pasta (3,4)
29. World’s second-largest island nation, capital Antananarivo (10)
34. Mythological origin of the names of four days of the week (5)
36. Breed of the two bad cats in Lady and the Tramp
39. A native or inhabitant of the US ' =
41. Argentinian city, birthplace of / >
43. Early model harpsichord
? @ centuries (6)
45. Apostle who wrote epistles to the Romans, Galatians and Philippians (2,4)
47. Three act opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, written 1899 (5)
51. Semi-solid white animal fat used in cooking (4)
52. Q ' school named after Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (4)
55. “__ to the English is really a picnic indoors”: Alice Walker (3)