General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Kingsley Amis novel which won the 1986 Booker Prize (3,3,6) 7. See 10 Ac. 8. Bloodsucking worm of the class Hirudinea (5) 9. Umberto, author of The Name of the Rose (3) 10 and 7. Corrosionresistant metal used for cutlery manufacture (9,5) 11. Mrs. Gandhi, Indian leader assassinated in 1984 (6) 12. Wide-sleeved anklelength garment worn in Japan (6) 15. Quentin, director of the film Pulp Fiction (9) 17. “A Day in the Death of Joe --”, play by Peter Nichols (3) 18. European river which flows through Lake Constance to the North Sea (5) 19. “Endless --”, 1967 novel by Agatha Christie (5) 21. 1895 opera by Rimsky-korsakov after a story by Gogol (9,3)

DOWN

1. “The -- -- “, 1901 play by Anton Chekhov (5,7) 2. Christopher, actor who played Scaramanga in the Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (3) 3. The standard monetary unit of the US (6) 4. Rudolph, silent-film actor who appeared in The Sheik (9) 5. Frederick, Austrian composer noted for his collaboration with lyricist Alan Lerner (5) 6. Paul Gallico novel set in the Essex marshes (3,4,5) 7. Pouchlike hat which holds a woman’s hair at the back (5) 10. National park in Tanzania which is a World Heritage site (9) 13. Steve, 1980 Olympic 800m champion (5) 14. Brownish Old World finch, Acanthis cannabina (6) 16. Steve, American minimalist composer whose works include Vermont Counterpoint (5) 20. State in W. India, a former Portuguese overseas territory (3)