General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Industrial city in Gujarat, W. India on the River Sabarmati (9)

8. Any of various South American plants cultivated for their edible tubers (3)

9. Any of various butterflies of the genus Papilio (11)

11. Brownish-yellow variety of quartz (7)

12. Former standard unit of currency of Ecuador (5)

13. Pre-euro currency of Spain (6)

15. See 2 Down

17. Jules, author of Around the World in Eighty Days (5)

18. Face veil worn by Muslim women when in public (7)

20. Musical play based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam (3,4,3,1)

22. Joanne, actress who appeared in the 1949 film She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (3)

23. 1887 play by August Strindberg (3,6)

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2, 14D & 15A 1962 western novel by Louis L’amour (3,3,4,3,3)

3. Capital of India, New --- (5)

4. Stiff felt hat called a derby in the U.S. (6)

5. Lake between Israel and Jordan (4,3)

6. US TV drama starring Angie Dickinson as “Pepper” Anderson (6,5)

7. Boris, author of Dr. Zhivago (9)

10. Layer cloud at an intermediate height of about 2400 to 6000 metres (11)

11. Republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa whose capital is Praia (4,5)

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16. Line under the title of a newspaper article giving the author’s name (2-4)

19. 18th letter in the Greek alphabet (5)

21. The female of a hare or deer (3)