General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. The wife or widow of a marquis (11)

9. 1982 film which won Jessica Lange a Best Supporting Actress Oscar (7)

10. See 19 Down

11. Forename of the wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (5)

12. Anne Frank or Samuel Pepys, for example (7)

13. Peter Maxwell, English composer whose works include the opera Taverner (6)

15. Jonathan, character in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (6)

18. In Greek mythology, sea nymph who detained Odysseus (7)

20. Colourless radioactive element whose symbol is Rn (5)

22. Brigham, US Mormon leader who founded Salt Lake City (5)

23. Cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size and used in bookbinding (7)

24. Type of primitive man occurring in Europe in late Palaeolithic times (11)

DOWN

2. Type of garlic mayonnaise (5)

3. The --- Range of mountains is a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range (7)

4. Mrs. Marcos, wife of the former president of the Philippines (6)

5. Soft leather used in gloves and clothes (5)

6. Another name for the perennial plant thrift (3,4)

7. Extinct flying reptile with membranous wings (11)

8. Fifth book of the Old Testament (11)

14. Large diurnal bird of prey of the hawk family (7)

16. Rosaceous tree native to Africa and Asia which bears a yellow fruit (7)

17. 1961 novel by Elmore Leonard (6) 19 & 10A ‘A ---’, 1970 novel by Edna O’Brien (5,5)

21. Variety of sorghum cultivated for grain and fodder (5)

WORD WISE

The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

DALTONISM

A B C

Colour blindness School of painting Law of physics related to pressure

EFT

A B C

A newt Tiredness Industrial waste