GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1&3

Alistair Maclean novel set in Florida (4,2,3,3)

3 See 1 Ac.

9 “The Family ---”, novel by

Paul Theroux (7)

10 French port in Brittany, chief

naval station of the country (5) 11 1977 play by Alan

Ayckbourn (7,5)

13 Style of architecture and decoration that originated in France in the early 18c (6)

15 Roman general who commanded the Roman invasion of Carthage in the Second Punic War (6)

17 1892 world heavyweight boxing champion nicknamed ‘Gentleman Jim’ (5,7)

20 Mr. Cassidy, outlaw companion of the Sundance Kid (5)

21 Saint Thomas, 13c Italian theologian and Dominican friar (7)

22 Nocturnal mammal of the grasslands of Africa which feeds on termites (8)

23 Brightest star in the

constellation Lyra (4)

DOWN 1

Gustave, author of Madame Bovary (8)

2 Hafez al ---, President of Syria

from 1971 to 2000 (5)

4 In the New Testament, daughter of Herodias given the head of John the Baptist by Herod (6)

5 1973 farce by Alan

Bennett (6,6)

6 Another name for the

patella (7)

7 Another name for the

Abominable Snowman (4)

8 Russian playwright who authored The Cherry

Orchard (5,7)

12 Body of water which separates Great Britain from the north European mainland (5,3)

14 Pipe on a set of bagpipes on

which the melody is played (7) 16 Finger-shaped cake of choux

pastry (6)

18 Mr. Els, 1994 US Open golf

champion (5)

19 Swedish pop group who won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest (4)