General Knowledge Crossword

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1. 1878 Savoy opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (3,8)

9. Bruce, star of the film Enter the Dragon (3)

10. Polysaccharide which is the main constituent of plant cell walls (9)

11. Cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England (5)

13. ‘— Story’, sequel to Love Story by Erich Segal (7)

14. Port in N.E. Italy, capital of Veneto region (6)

16. 1987 novel by Gore Vidal (6)

18. Port in N.W. Sicily, a Carthaginian naval base ceded to the Romans after the First Punic War (7)

19. Hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric used for work clothes (5)

20. See 6 Down (9)

21. Nocturnal flying mouselike animal (3)

22. Perry Mason’s secretary in stories by Erle Stanley Gardner (5,6)

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2. Miss West, comic actress who died in 1980 (3)

3. Hickory tree of the southern US with a smooth oval nut (5)

4. Horatio, British admiral mortally wounded on his flagship HMS Victory (6)

5. Art movement whose exponents included Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck (7)

6 & 20A Breed of dog with a ridge of hair growing in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat (9,9)

7. Verdi opera about Biscayan gypsies (2,9)

8. American singer nicknamed ‘Empress of the Blues’ (6,5)

12. West Virginia is nicknamed the — State (9)

15. James, author of King Rat (7)

17. Giant children of Gaia and Uranus in Greek legend (6)

19. Seaport capital of Senegal (5)

21. Insect of the superfamily Apoidea (3)