GK CROSSWORD

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6 Perennial grass, Phleum pratense, grown for hay and pasture (7) 7 Genus of plants of the family Compositae with daisy-like flowers (5) 9 Mr. Luthor, arch enemy of Superman (3) 10 American genus of trees with fernlike leaves and pale purple flowers (9) 12 1987 film by Michael Cimino based on a novel by Mario Puzo (3,8) 15 American poet who authored the novel The Bell Jar (6,5) 17 Extinct marine arthropod abundant in Palaeozoic times (9) 19 & 14 Down 1940 novel by Agatha Christie (3,7) 21 Earl of ---, title of Robert Devereux, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England (5) 22 & 11 Down French singer and film actor who died in 1972 (7,9)

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1 See 13 2 Canine mammal of the genus Vulpes (3) 3 Large fast-running flightless bird of South America (4) 4 In the Bible, a member of the ethnic group claiming descent from Jacob (9) 5 Georges, French farceur whose works included Une puce à l’oreille (7) 8 Forename of French author Proust who wrote À la recherche du temps perdu (6) 11 See 22 Ac. 13 & 1 1934 novel by Howard Spring (6,5) 14 See 19 Across 16 French city, capital of the Dukes of Lorraine in the 12th century (5) 18 Small duck such as the Eurasian Anas crecca (4) 20 C.B., English cricketer who scored six consecutive centuries in first-class innings in 1901 (3)