GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Group of plants included in the genus Rhododendron cultivated for their showy pink and purple flowers (6)

8 See 24.

10 Large pouch made of fur worn in front of a kilt (7)

11 Lavrenti, Soviet secret police chief who attempted to seize power after Stalin’s death (5) 12 Ancient plucked stringed instrument with a body like a sliced pear (4)

13 Variety of beet with large succulent leaves also called the leaf beet (5)

17 Gabriel, French composer of Dolly, a suite of six children’s pieces (5)

18 House and plantation in Gone with the Wind (4)

22 The --- of Midlothian, novel by Walter Scott (5)

23 European republic whose capital is Berlin (7)

24 & 8 1857 novel by Gustave Flaubert (6,6)

25 Mediterranean island whose capital is Nicosia (6)

DOWN

1 Nigel, 1992 world Formula 1 motor racing champion (7) 2 René, 1926 US singles tennis champion (7)

3 Robert, arctic explorer who reached the North pole in 1909 (5)

4 Dick ---, 1968 Olympic men’s high jump champion (7) 5 African republic whose capital is Kinshasa (5)

6 Village in South Vietnam where US troops massacred over 100 civilians in 1968 (2,3) 9 Largest city in Alaska (9)

14 Novel by E.L. Doctorow filmed in 1981 (7)

15 St. ---, port in France at the mouth of the River Loire (7) 16 Satirical West Indian ballad, usually of a topical nature (7) 19 1983 novel by Salman Rushdie (5)

20 A Fish Called ----, 1988 film with John Cleese (5)

21 Michael, playwright who wrote Donkeys’ Years (5)