General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Charles Stewart, English pioneer motorist and aviator who died in 1910 (5) 4. The swiftest mammal known to man (7) 8. Racecourse at which the Grand National is run (7) 9. Rhythmic Cuban dance in duple time (5) 10. Soft mineral found in metamorphic rocks (4) 11. John, British deputy prime minister since 1997 (8) 13. Department of N.W. France whose capital is Alençon (4) 14. Irish river upon which Coleraine stands (4) 16. Norman, US illustrator noted for his magazine covers (8) 17. Queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology (4) 20. René, director of the film The Flame of New Orleans (5) 21. French author of the

novel Chéri (7) 22. Son of Laius and Jocasta in Greek mythology (7) 23. Colin, New Zealand rugby union player who earned the first of his 55 caps in 1957 (5)

DOWN

1. 1942 film in a comedy series starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (4,2,7) 2. Ivan, 1989 and 1990 Australian Open men’s singles tennis champion (5) 3. Douglas, director of the 1956 film Written on the Wind (4) 4 & 13D ‘The ---’, 1904 play by Anton Chekhov (6,7) 5. Catherine, character in Wuthering Heights who marries Edgar Linton (8) 6. 1980 film starring Steve Mcqueen (3,4) 7. 2001 film starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt (13) 12. Plant such as Galanthus nivalis having white bellshaped flowers (8) 13. See 4 Down 15. ‘The ---’, 1963 novel by Agatha Christie (6) 18. In cricket, a run not scored from the bat (5) 19. Léon, premier of

France 1946-47 (4)