General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Carl, German composer of the opera Oberon (5)

4. ‘The —’, 1988 film for which Jodie Foster won Best Actress Oscar (7)

8. Body of water between Sabah and the Phillippines (4,3)

9. Daughter of

King Lear, sister of Goneril and Cordelia (5)

10. See 14.

11. Small Old World rodent of the family Gliridae (8)

13. Edith, French singer known as the Little Sparrow (4)

14, 19 Down and 10. Scottish song traditionally sung on New Year’s

Eve (4,4,4)

16. Any precious corundum gemstone that is not red, especially the deep blue variety (8)

17. See 18 Dn.

20. Milton, president of Uganda 1966-71 (5)

21. ‘84, — Cross Road’, 1987 film based on a stage play by James Rooseevans (7)

22. City in New York on the east bank of the Hudson River (7)

23. Belgian port at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lye (5)

DOWN

1. 1957 musical by Leonard Bernstein (4,4,5)

2. Marc, pop singer with group T. Rex who died in 1977 (5)

3. Shrub or climbing plant of the genus Rosa (4)

4. Any of various tropical American parrots such as Amazona farinosa (6)

5. Hard grey metallic element whose symbol is Cr (8)

6. Mr. Freud, Austrian psychiatrist who died in 1939 (7)

7. Play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber filmed in 1933 with John and Lionel Barrymore (6,2,5)

12. Fine soft wool from goats of the Kashmir area (8)

13. Play and book by Ben Elton (7)

15. Iridaceous genus of plants with white, yellow or purple flowers (6)

18 and 17 Ac. American actress/singer married to Phil

Harris who appeared in film Alexander’s Ragtime Band (5,4)

19. See 14 Ac.