General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. 1855 novel by Charles Kingsley (8,2)

7. Vladimir, first premier of the Soviet Union (5)

8. Form of pasta consisting of wide flat sheets (7)

10. The organisms inhabiting the surface layer of a sea or lake (8)

11. Nocturnal flightless New Zealand bird (4)

13. Vladimir, Russian artist commissioned to design the Monument to the Third International (6)

15. Unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes (6)

17. Name of the Israeli airline (2,2)

18. Liliaceous North American plant with slender bell-shaped yellow flowers (8)

21. Chinese game in which tiles are drawn and discarded (7)

22. Family of Italian violin makers including Nicolo, who taught Stradivari (5)

23. Charles, French poet who authored Les fleurs du mal (10)

DOWN

1. ‘A Fish Called ---’, film with John Cleese (5)

2. An ancient language of India, the language of Hinduism (8)

3. Woodrow, 28th president of the US (6)

4. ‘The --- Tattoo’, play by Tennessee Williams (4)

5. Alex, 1982 world professional snooker champion (7)

6. The stream of air forced backwards by an aircraft propeller (10)

9. Thin flap that covers the entrance to the larnyx during swallowing (10)

12. Variety of cabbage also known as the turnip cabbage (8)

14. Membranous tube also called the windpipe (7)

16. Former province of N.E. India in the deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers (6)

19. Chicago airport (1’4)

20. Gerald, 38th president of the US (4)