General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. The underworld in Greek mythology (5)

4. Metalloid element which occurs in realgar (7)

8. South American republic whose de facto capital is La Paz (7)

9 & 2D 1969 film musical with Barbra Streisand (5,5)

10. Variety of black and white chalcedony (4)

11. ‘The Swiss Family ---’, novel by Johann Wyss (8)

13. Small wingless parasitic bloodsucking insect (4)

14. David, English director of films such as Dr. Zhivago (4)

16. Erich, East German head of state 197689 (8)

17. Philip, author of Portnoy’s Complaint (4)

20. Henrik, Norwegian dramatist who died in 1906 (5)

21. Gebhard, Prussian field marshal who fought at Waterloo (7)

22. In Greek mythology, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (7)

23. Tamara, 1964 Olympic women’s discus and shot champion (5)

DOWN

1. 1916 play by Harold Brighouse (7,6)

2. See 9 Ac.

3. Capital of the Fiji Islands (4)

4. South American river which drains the largest area in the world (6)

5. Roy, Best Actor Oscar-nominee for 1979’s All That Jazz (8)

6. Birgit, Swedish soprano born in 1918 (7)

7. Starfish with a spiny outer covering (5-2-6)

12. Small brown edible nut of the beech tree (8)

13. In card games, an attempt to win a trick by playing a card that is not the highest held (7)

15. Constituent republic of Yugoslavia whose capital is Belgrade (6)

18. An earth used as a yellow or brown or red pigment (5)

19. ‘Forrest ---’, 1994 Best Picture Oscarwinner (4)