General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert (4)

3. Nickname of gangster Al Capone (8)

9. Andres, Colombian footballer shot dead following an own goal in the 1994 World cup finals (7)

10. Any of various irises that have fragrant rhizomes (5)

11. University town in South Africa 40km east of Cape Town (12)

13. Mineral used in the manufacture of plaster of Paris (6)

15. Insect of the order Coleoptera (6)

17. Book by Vicente Blasco Ibañez filmed in 1922 with Rudolph Valentino (5,3,4)

20. See 7 Down

21. Country whose capital is Zagreb (7)

22. Any of various fish-eating eagles that live near the sea (3,5)

23. Nansen’s ship, especially designed for his Arctic explorations (4)

DOWN

1. Method of training a horse to perform manoeuvres (8)

2. The technical name for mother-ofpearl (5)

4. Circle of light around a luminous body such as the moon (6)

5. Genus of shrubs which includes rosebay (12)

6. Tree of Africa and Asia whose downy yellow fruit resembles a small peach (7)

7 & 20A 1861 novel by

Ellen Wood (4,5)

8. Zimbabwean Methodist bishop who was prime minister of Rhodesia 1979-80 (4,8)

12. 1989 suspense film based on a novel by Charles Williams (4,4)

14. Thick maize porridge made in Italy (7)

16. The derived SI unit of pressure (6)

18. The communion table in Christian churches (5)

19. European mountain range whose highest peak is Mont Blanc (4)