General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

6. Billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents (7) 7 & 17D ‘The ---’, 1983 film about the development of the US space programme (5,5)

9. James, British soldier who commanded in the 1759 capture of Quebec (5)

10. Cud-chewing South American mammal related to the llama (7)

12. ‘The ---’, 1971 novel by J.P. Donleavy (5,6)

14. Asian river which rises in Tibet as the Tsangpo (11)

18. Dumplings made of semolina or potato used to garnish soup (7)

19. Linguini or tortellini, for example (5)

21. The colour red in heraldry (5)

22. Plant of Europe and Asia also called lucerne (7)

DOWN

1. Town in Egypt on the Nile: southern part of the site of ancient Thebes (5)

2. Northern diving bird of the auk family (6)

3. 1963 Paul Newman film (3)

4. Brownish Old World finch, Acanthis cannabina (6)

5. Blue-flowered plant also called succory (7)

8. Bone that extends from the shoulder to the elbow (7)

11. Painting technique also called body colour (7)

13. The skull of a vertebrate (7)

15. Ball game at which Pakistan were men’s World Cup champions in 1994 (6)

16. Ronald, 40th president of the US (6)

17. See 7 Across

20. Ernie, 1994

US Open golf champion (3)