General Knowledge Crossword

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3. Mikhail, former Soviet leader (9)

8. Sultanate in S.W. Asia whose capital is Muscat (4)

9. Film for which Lee Marvin won the 1965 Best Actor Oscar (3,6)

10. Standard unit of currency of the USA (6)

11. Joe, Canadian prime minister 1979-80 (5)

14. Tree of the genus Acer (5)

15. Hindu system of philosophy (4)

16. Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks (5)

18. Aquatic bird with a forked tail (4)

20. Wine-producing region of N.E. Spain (5)

21. Mr. Lyle, 1985 British Open golf champion (5)

24. Mixture of lime, marble and glue used in decorative mouldings on buildings (6)

25. Theodore, 26th president of the US (9)

26. Ben, author of The Famished Road (4)

27. 1971 Sam Peckinpah film with Dustin Hoffman (5,4)

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1. Oliver, author of the play She Stoops to Conquer (9)

2. Measuring instrument consisting of two steel legs (9)

4. Mr. Sharif, actor who appeared as Doctor Zhivago on film (4)

5. Biblical tower intended to reach from earth to heaven (5)

6. Plant whose leafstalks are used in salads (6)

7. In Greek mythology, the god of love (4)

9. --- ware is a type of jasper ware with classical motifs (5)

11. Any various edible fishes, especially the coalfish (5)

12. Oskar, Austrian-born expressionist artist (9)

13. Southernmost region of South America (9)

17. William Henry, real name of actor Boris Karloff (5)

19. 1938 work by Jeanpaul Sartre (6)

22. Jacques, painter of The Rape of the Sabines (5)

23. John, character in Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (4)

24. Terrestrial gastropod mollusc with an absent or reduced shell (4)