General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. ‘The Day of the —’, novel by Nathanael West (6)

4. Asian kingdom whose capital is Amman (6)

9. Descendant of the original Dutch settlers of New York (13)

10. Otis, US soul singer who died in 1967 (7)

11. Last letter in the Greek alphabet (5)

12. Inspector —, detective creation of Colin Dexter (5)

14. Tree or shrub of the genus Ilex (5)

18. 431 BC tragedy by Euripides (5)

19. In England, the period during which the Prince of Wales acted as regent for his father George III (7)

21. 1960 play by Harold Pinter (3,4,6)

22. Forename of former Iraqi leader Hussein (6)

23. Racket game played at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadow (6)

DOWN

1. Los Angeles basketball team (6)

2. 1953 novel by Arthur C. Clarke (10,3)

3. Port on Osaka Bay, Japan, which was a major 16c port (5)

5. Full-bodied goldencoloured sweet sherry (7)

6. US jazz composer famous for works such as Mood Indigo (4,9)

7. Greg, 1993 British Open golf champion (6)

8. Melvyn, author of A Time to Dance (5)

13. Either of two large flat bones on the back part of the shoulder in man (7)

15. The —, English pop group fronted by singer Morrissey who disbanded in 1987 (6)

16. Gert, actor who played Goldfinger in the 1964 film (5)

17. Mediterranean island whose capital is Nicosia (6)

20. W.G., English cricketer who died in 1915 (5)