GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4. Songbird with long pointed wings and a forked tail (7)

8. King of the fairies in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (6)

9. Ruler used in technical drawing for drawing horizontal lines (16)

10. Yarn or fabric made from wool waste or clippings (6)

11. Short portable ladder used in mountaineering (6)

12. Raymond, author of The Big Sleep (8)

18. Volcanic island in Indonesia (8)

20. John, author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman (6)

21. Town in France famed for its brandy (6)

22. Latin American percussion instrument of African origin (7)

23. Bird of the family Columbidae (6)

24. Walt, 19c U.S. poet whose major work was Leaves of Grass (7)

DOWN

1. Mediterranean island whose capital is Ajaccio (7)

2. Jack, author of On the Road (7)

3. The -- crow has a grey body and black head (6)

5. Twining climbing plant of E. Asia and North America (8)

6. National museum and art gallery in Paris (6)

7. Flann, author of At Swim-TwoBirds (6)

13. Lower House of the Indian Parliament (3,5)

14. Seaport capital of the Falkland Islands (7)

15. Basque province of France later united with Aquitaine (7)

16. Another name for potassium carbonate (6)

17. Heinrich von --, playwright whose works include Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (6)

19. Fine white clay used for the manufacture of bone china (6)