General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

7. Stephen, author of The Red Badge of Courage (5)

8. 1900 novel by Joseph Conrad (4,3)

9. King of Italy assassinated at Monza in 1900 (7)

10. Seat of the collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain 1940-44 (5)

12. 1974 novel by James A. Michener (10)

15. American actor/ singer whose films include 1953’s Kiss Me Kate (6,4) 18. ‘King ---’, 1991 comedy film with John Goodman (5) 19. ‘The ---’, 1915 novel by D.H. Lawrence (7)

21. Game for two to four players who hit a wooden ball through iron hoops with mallets (7)

22. 1995 film based on a novel by Michael Crichton (5)

DOWN

1. Michael, 1995 Formula One motor racing champion (10)

2. 1942 Walt Disney cartoon film of the life of a deer (5) 3. ‘The --- Park’, 1955 novel by Norman Mailer (4)

4. Louisa M., author of Little Women (6)

5. Former province of S.E. France on the Mediterranean (8)

6. Capital of Corsica (7)

11. Leguminous tree of the southeastern US also called gopherwood (10)

13. Perennial plant of Europe and Asia also called the pignut (8)

14. Songbird such as Hirundo rustica with a forked tail and long pointed wings (7)

16. Traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat (6)

17. Tropical and subtropical dark hard wood tree (5)

20. Unit of measurement, one twelfth of a foot (4)