General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Rossini’s last opera, about a Swiss national hero (7,4) 9. Miss Gardner, actress who was married to Frank Sinatra and Mickey Rooney (3) 10. Inflammation of the lungs (9) 11. In Greek mythology, the god of marriage (5) 13. Peter, French theologian, lover of Heloise (7) 14. Percussion instrument consisting of a gourd filled with dried seeds (6) 16. George, American general nicknamed ‘Old Blood and Guts’ (6) 18. Rabbit in the Disney film Bambi (7) 19. Gemstone, the green variety of which is emerald (5) 20. 1974 Roman Polanski film with Jack Nicholson (9) 21. “Peggy --”, 1957 hit record by Buddy Holly (3) 22. Irish author of The Third Policeman (5,6)

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2. Songwriting brother of George Gershwin (3) 3. Jean-marie, French politician, former leader of the National Front (2,3) 4. Tarzan, in a book by Edgar Rice Burroughs (3,3) 5. A painting medium for powdered pigments, consisting of egg yolk and water (7) 6. English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461 (9) 7. Group of related sciences including geometry and algebra (11) 8. The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara (11) 12. Mammal such as the kangaroo, or koala (9) 15. Rank in the army junior to a major but senior to a lieutenant (7) 17. Japanese detective created by J.P. Marquand (2,4) 19. Andrew -- Law, Canadian-born Prime Minister of Britain 1922-23 (5) 21. H. Rider Haggard story featuring the character Ayesha (3)