General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Harold, 1924

Olympic 100m champion (8)

5. Mr. Blair, real name of author George Orwell (4)

9. Until 1917, an emperor of Russia (4)

10. Anita, author of Family and

Friends (8)

11. Tree of the genus Betula with thin peeling bark (5)

12. El —, village on the north coast of Egypt which was the scene of a 1942 Allied victory over the Germans (7)

13. 1855 novel by Mrs. Gaskell (5,3,5)

18. Capital of Queensland,

Australia (8)

19. Mr. Trotsky, Russian revolutionary and theorist (4)

20. Garrison, author of Lake Wobegon Days (7)

21. Rodney, Australian wicket-keeper who made 355 Test dismissals (5)

22. Miss Miles, actress who played Lila Crane in the film Psycho (4)

23. Chinese-style dish originating in the US whose name derives from the phrase mixed bits (4,4)

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2. Feudal code of the Japanese samurai (7)

3. Tree, Prunus armeniaca, whose yellow edible fruit resembles a small peach (7)

4. British painter of flowers whose collection was donated to

Kew Gardens in London (8,5)

6. Form of verse, originally French, of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes (7)

7. The Isthmus of — connects the Peloponnesus with the mainland of Greece (7)

8. Book of the New Testament between Acts and First Corinthians (6)

13. Vladimir, author of Lolita (7)

14. Mount —, mountain in the Cascade Range which is the highest in Washington state (7)

15. Edwin, US astronomer after whom a famous telescope is named (6)

16. French city on the River Loire which houses a statue of Joan of Arc (7)

17. Film in which Dustin Hoffman plays dual roles as Michael Dorsey and Dorothy Michaels (7)