General Knowledge Crossword

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1. 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft (3,8)

9. --- acid is the name by which hydrocyanic acid was formerly known (7)

10. Capital of Egypt (5)

11. Domesticated South American cud-chewing animal (5)

12. Leader of the conspiracy against Caesar in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (7)

13. Town in West Yorkshire, England, famous for its moor (6)

15. The Hungarian language (6)

18. Glacier in Switzerland which is the largest in Europe (7)

20. Ray, 1976 U.S. Masters golf champion (5)

22. Mammal, Mellivora capensis, inhabiting wooded regions of Africa and Asia (5)

23. ‘The ---’, 1964 Don Siegel film starring Lee Marvin (7)

24. 2000 film starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson (11)

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2. A member of a people of West Africa living chiefly in N. Nigeria (5)

3. M. Flaubert, author of the novel Salammbô (7)

4. John W., English aviator who, with A.W. Brown, made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic (6)

5. Son of Chingachgook in The Last of the Mohicans (5)

6. 1976 novel by Leon Uris (7)

7. Guillaume, French writer regarded as a precursor of surrealism (11)

8. Plant whose root is used to make a sauce served with beef (11)

14. Gustavo, 1997 French Open men’s singles tennis champion (7)

16. Plant of Europe and Asia also called lucerne (7)

17. A period of continuous play in polo (6)

19. ‘--- the Salmon’, 1935 novel by Henry Williamson (5)

21. Tatum, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner for Paper Moon (5)