General Knowledge Crossword

Across: 7 Female Friends; 8 Agnus Dei; 9 Deng; 10 Mad Max; 12 Breast; 14 Serbia; 16 Tandem; 18 Tofu; 20 Pall Mall; 22 Hobson’s Choice. Down: 1 Redgrave; 2 Vacuum; 3 Lead; 4 Fruit bat; 5 Beadle; 6 Odin; 11 Xiaoping; 13 Sherlock; 15 Bourse; 17 Nimrod; 19 Oboe; 21 Lock.

ACROSS

7. 1975 novel by Fay Weldon (6,7) 8. Figure of a lamb as an emblem of Christ (5,3) 9 & 11D Effective ruler of China from 1977 (4,8) 10. Futuristic 1979 film with Mel Gibson (3,3) 12. The front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen (6) 14. Former republic of Yugoslavia whose capital is Belgrade (6) 16. Bicycle with two sets of pedals and two saddles (6) 18. Unfermented soyabean curd (4) 20. Street in London noted for its many clubs (4,4) 22. 1916 play by Harold

Brighouse (7,6)

DOWN

1. Sir Michael, English stage and film actor who died in 1985 (8) 2. A region in which gas is present at a low pressure (6) 3. Bluish-white metallic element whose symbol is Pb (4) 4. Large bat of the suborder Megachiroptera (5,3) 5. In Judaism, a synagogue attendant (6) 6. Supreme creator god in Norse mythology (4)

11. See 9 Across

13. Mr. Holmes, detective creation of Arthur Conan Doyle (8)

15. La --- is the Paris

stock exchange (6) 17. Old Testament hunter famed for his prowess (6)

19. Woodwind instrument with a penetrating nasal tone (4)

21. In rugby union, either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum (4)