General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

7 & 9A 1933 world heavyweight boxing champion (5,7)

8. Jean, French dramatist who authored the 1959 play Becket (7)

9. See 7 Across

10. Father of Jacob and Esau in the Old Testament (5)

12. Greek philosopher and scientist who held that the world is composed of air, fire, earth and water (10)

15. Play by John Van Druten based on stories by Christopher Isherwood (1,2,1,6)

18. Stanley, actor who co-wrote and codirected the film Big Night (5)

19. Salman, author of the novel Midnight’s Children (7)

21. Colourless flammable gaseous alkane used as a fuel (7)

22. Accent over certain vowels such as over the first e in the French name Lumière (5)

DOWN

1. ‘The ---’, 1994 film starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone (10)

2. Seventh sign of the zodiac (5)

3. Bird of the family Columbidae (4)

4. Chris, England Test batsman who scored 149 against India at Delhi in 1981-2 (6)

5. Very large diamond which forms part of the British crown jewels (8) Jean-baptiste, French sculptor whose works include the 1744 marble Mercury Attaching his Wings (7)

11. John, actor whose films inlude Rosemary’s Baby (10)

13. State of the US whose capital is Lansing (8)

14. Fifteenth letter in the Greek alphabet (7)

16. Johnny, lyricist whose songs include Moon River (6)

17. King of England from 959 (5)

20. Starchy cereal used for puddings and as a thickening agent (4) 6.