Quiz Crossword

ACROSS

1 “The … …”, epic poem by Edmund Spenser (6,6) 7 Carnivorous mammal of Central and South America that is closely related to the marten (5) 8 Island in the Ionian Sea which forms a department of Greece with neighbouring islands (5) 9 Common term for the disease influenza (3) 10 Actor whose film roles include Paul Allen in American Psycho (5,4) 11 Jusepe de …, painter whose works include 1651’s St Mary of Egypt (6) 12 Reginald, birth name of the singer Elton John (6) 15 Alex, 1966 Swedish Open men’s singles tennis champion (9) 17 See 4 Down 18 “… Park”, 2005 novel by Bret Easton Ellis (5) 19 Third letter in the Greek alphabet (5) 21 Work by Rimsky-Korsakov based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (12)

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1 Building between Ipswich and Colchester in England that features in many paintings by John Constable (8,4) 2 and 14 Group of eight private universities in the northeastern US including Yale (3,6) 3 Suzi, singer-actress whose television roles have included Leather Tuscadero in the sitcom Happy Days (6) 4 and 17 Across William Keighley film starring James Cagney as Frank Ross (4,4,1,3) 5 1964 novel by Dick Francis (5) 6 Greenish-blue to lavender fibrous mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium borosilicate (12) 7 General Tom, 19th Century midget showman born Charles Stratton (5) 10 Former WBC light-flyweight champion nicknamed Travieso (5,4) 13 Nicolai, Swedish tenor who made his US debut in 1957 (5) 14 See 2 16 The first note of a diatonic scale in music (5) 20 Large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand (3)