General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS 3. Former name of Ethiopia (9) 8. “--- Bede”, novel by George Eliot (4) 9. Mountain in Rio de Janeiro (5,4) 10 and 24 Ac. Novel by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3) 11. Michael, 1989 French Open tennis champion (5) 14. The --- goose, Branta bernicla, is found in northern coastal regions (5) 15. Capital of Qatar (4) 16. Disembodied hand in The Addams Family household (5) 18. A forward in rugby (4) 20. In Greek mythology, the underworld abode of the souls of the dead (5) 21. Upper part of the bows of a ship which houses the holes through which the anchor ropes pass (5) 24. See 10. 25. Genus of shrubs with yellow bell-shaped flowers (9) 26. “--- Wars”, 1977 science fiction film (4) 27. Tom, actor who appeared in Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests (9)

DOWN 1. Common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic (9) 2. Tourist centre in Florida between Lake Worth and the Atlantic (4,5) 4. Colour of the ball worth five points in snooker (4) 5. In tennis, a fast and powerful overhead stroke (5) 6. “The ---”, 1979 novel by Peter Benchley (6) 7. Country whose capital is Baghdad (4) 9. Paul, English novelist who authored the “Raj Quartet” series (5) 11. Small purple-flowered plant whose leaves are used in cooking (5) 12. Oliver, Irish author of She Stoops to Conquer (9) 13. Daughter of Priam endowed with the gift of prophecy (9) 17. African republic whose capital is Accra (5) 19. Title assumed by Prussian king Wilhelm (6) 22. Erik, French composer who died in 1925 (5) 23. Dorothy’s dog in the film The Wizard of Oz (4) 24. Verdi opera set in Egypt (4)