Derby Telegraph

General Knowledge Crossword

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ACROSS

1. 1953 Ian Fleming novel (6,6)

7. Large tubular bass drum usually played with the hands (5)

8. Rhythmic Cuban dance in duple time (5)

9. Former Portuguese enclave in India whose capital is Panaji (3)

10. Fungus with a capped sporeprodu­cing body that is poisonous (9)

11. Actress and former model born Lesley Hornby (6)

12. ‘--- at Hanging Rock’, 1975 Peter Weir film (6)

15. Small cup for serving black coffee (9)

17. ‘--- Roy’, 1995 film with Liam Neeson (3)

18. In Greek mythology, the Muse of love poetry (5)

19. ‘The ---’, 1979 novel by Jackie Collins (5)

21. England Test cricket captain 197780 (4,8)

DOWN

1. 1982 US Masters golf champion (5,7)

2. Anaïs, American author of A Spy in the House of Love (3)

3. Ronald, Governor of California 196674 (6)

4. The --- terrier is a small dog with a glossy coat of steelblue and tan (9)

5. West Indian dance in which dancers pass under a bar while leaning backwards (5)

6. American Best Actor Oscar-winner for 1931’s The Champ (7,5)

7. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America related to the raccoon (5)

10. ‘The --- Men’, novel by Desmond Bagley (9)

13. Andy, 1985

US Open golf champion (5)

14. Line on a map connecting places of equal atmospheri­c pressure (6)

16. City in Florida on Biscayne Bay (5)

20. ‘--- and Sympathy’, 1953 play by Robert Anderson (3)

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