General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Another name for a Williams pear (8,4)

7. Dome-shaped den constructed by beavers (5)

8. Port in Tanzania on the Indian Ocean (5)

9. The standard monetary unit of Japan (3)

10. Old Testament wife of Uriah and mother of Solomon by David (9)

11. ‘The ---’, 2001 film thriller starring Nicole Kidman (6)

12. ‘The ---’, 1885 operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan (6)

15. Dome-shaped membrane that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities (9)

17. Mr. Amin, Ugandan head of state 197179 (3)

18. Red, fire-fighting specialist whose story was the basis for the 1968 film Hellfighters (5)

19. Cricket ground in London, headquarters of the M.C.C. (5)

21. 1958 film musical starring Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor (5,7)

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Chicago-born clarinettist nicknamed ‘the King of Swing’ (5,7)

2. Town in central Israel with an airport (3)

3. Number represented by the letters XX in Roman numerals (6)

4. Light silvery element whose symbol is K (9)

5. 1982 film musical starring Aileen Quinn (5)

6. In history, the period sometimes called the Old Stone Age (12)

7. Jack, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1977-79 (5)

10. Sarah, French actress born Henrietted-Rosine Bernard in 1844 (9)

13. First sign of the zodiac (5)

14. G.N., Australian Test cricketer who scored 268 against Pakistan at Melbourne in 19834 (6)

16. Mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of an 1836 siege and massacre (5)

20. Bird of enormous size and power in Arabian legend (3)