General Knowledge Crossword

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4. State capital of New Mexico (5,2)

8. Helen, actress who was Oscarnominated for The Madness of King George (6)

9. South African mongoose such as Suricata suricatta (7)

10. Georges, French revolutionary executed in 1794 (6)

11. Rudolf, German inventor of a type of engine (6)

12 & 24A 1947 novel by Malcolm Lowry (5,3,7)

18. Type of spoon used by The Owl and the Pussy-Cat in Edward Lear’s poem (8)

20. Omnivorous burrowing mammal such as Meles meles (6)

21. Iridaceous genus of plants widely cultivated in gardens (6)

22. Racecourse which hosts the Irish Derby (7)

23. Jose, Best Actor Oscar-winner for Cyrano de Bergerac (6)

24. See 12 Across

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1. 1979 play by Peter Shaffer (7)

2. Most southerly of the Windward Islands whose capital is St. George’s (7)

3. Pierre Auguste, French impressionist painter who died in 1919 (6)

5. City in Scotland on the North Sea (8)

6. Republic whose capital is Ankara (6)

7. Jonathan, actor/ director of the film Star Trek: First Contact (6)

13. Aromatic perennial plant with whitish flowers and small toothed leaves (8)

14. ‘Jude the ---’, novel

by Thomas Hardy (7) 15. ‘--- for ---’, play by William Shakespeare (7)

16. Seaport capital of Mozambique (6)

17. The fly --- is a poisonous woodland fungus (6)

19. 1875 opera by Bizet (6)