General Knowledge Crossword

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1. D.H., author of the novel Kangaroo (8)

5. Lucille, comedienne who started the company Desilu with husband Desi Arnaz (4)

9. — Maccool, in Irish legend father of the poet Ossian (4)

10. Genus of shrubs and trees which includes the wayfaring tree of Europe and W. Asia (8)

11. J.T., author of the 1964 western novel Waco’s Debt (5)

12. Donald, character in Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge (7)

13. Tsar, later emperor, of Russia 16821725 (5,3,5)

18. Scottish valley traversed by the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Inverness (4,4)

19. Round yellow Dutch cheese (4)

20. Another name for the Japanese method of ritual suicide, harakiri (7)

21. Edward, pirate known as

Blackbeard (5)

22. Ancient city which was capital of Elam and of the Persian Empire (4)

23. Marian, U.S. contralto who was the first black singer at the NY Metropolitan (8)

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2. Daughter of Minos in Greek mythology who gave Theseus the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth (7)

3. Arthur, author of Swallows and Amazons (7)

4. 1980 world professional snooker champion (5,8)

6. Liverpool racecourse which hosts the English Grand National (7)

7. Theo, character in Thackeray’s The Virginians (7)

8. Member of a nomadic Berber people of the

Sahara (6)

13. Constellation in the N. hemisphere lying close to Pisces and Andromeda (7)

14. 6th-century BC

Greek poet regarded as the founder of tragic drama (7)

15. Sugar refining town in Uttar Pradesh, India (6)

16. Small animal, Capreolus capreolus, of Asia and

Europe (3,4)

17. Capital of Corsica (7)