GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Romeo and _”, play by William Shakespeare (6) 4 Reptile such as the iguana and gecko (6)

9 Port in Vietnam formerly named Saigon (2,3,4,4) 10 Hard-wearing buff-coloured cotton fabric named after its Chinese place of origin (7) 11 Mr. Murphy, US actor who received 24 decorations for his World War II exploits (5)

12 Small rosaceous tree with pink flowers and edible rounded fruits (5)

14 Mr. Richard, singer actor whose films include

Summer Holiday (5)

18 Circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon (5)

19 Port in S.E. Rhode Island (7) 21 1984 world rallying champion (4,9) 22 Administrative district in some republics of the former Soviet Union (6) 23 Mythical creature associated with the Chinese calendar years 1988, 2000 etc. (6)

DOWN

1 Mr. Miller, 1976 British Open golf champion (6)

2 1989 James Bond film starring Timothy Dalton (7,2,4) 3 Mr. Zola, French novelist who authored Germinal (5)

5 Narrator of the novel MobyDick (7)

6 Stan Barstow novel filmed in 1962 with Alan Bates (1,4,2,6) 7 John, English poet and dramatist whose plays include All for Love (6)

8 A.A. _, English author whose children’s books include The House at Pooh Corner (5)

13 The _ Sea in the Pacific is between Sulawesi, Borneo and Mindanao (7)

15 Young lieutenant of Othello who becomes a victim of Iago’s treachery (6)

16 Former province of France in the Loire valley (5)

17 Island which is the most southerly point of New York state (6)

20 Mr. Younis, Pakistan fast bowler (5)