General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Helmut, German Chancellor since 1982 (4)

8. 1980 Olympic men’s 100m champion (5,5) 9. Songbird of the family Zosteropidae (5-3) 10. Sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard (4) 12. 1978 film musical starring John Travolta (6)

14. Thick rectangular Japanese mat of woven straw (6) 15. Walter, president of West Germany 1974-79 (6)

17. Breed of sheep originating in Spain (6)

18. Town in N.W. Italy famous for its sparkling wines (4) 19. Greek long-necked stringed musical instrument (8)

21. Pale greenish-blue variety of beryl used as a gemstone (10) 22. Town in Galilee where Jesus turned water into wine (4)

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2. Subtitle of the 1988

film Arthur 2 (2,3,5) 3. Tony, character in Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust (4) 4. The coat of wool that covers the body of a sheep (6) 5. Small arthropod which comprises about five sixths of all known animal species (6) 6. Industrial city in the Netherlands on the River IJssel (8) 7. Fair -- is a multicoloured pattern knitted with Shetland wool into sweaters (4) 11. English actor noted for his Shakespearean roles who died in 1833 (6,4)

13. “-- Buffalo”, play by

David Mamet (8) 16. Island in Malaysia off the N.W. coast of Borneo (6)

17. The -- Rouge is a Paris dance-hall made famous by Toulouse-Lautrec (6) 18. Biblical husband

of Jezebel (4)

20. Coalition of oilproducing states founded in 1960 (4)