General Knowledge Crossword
ACROSS
1. André, French physicist who died in 1836 (6) 4. Long-legged shore
bird (6)
9. 1980 world professional snooker champion (5,8)
10. ‘The --- Seat’, novel
by Muriel Spark (7) 11. Capital of Japan (5) 12. Vessel used in fishing along the British coast (5)
14. 7c B.C. Athenian statesman and lawmaker (5)
18. ‘The --- and His Boy’, Narnia novel by C.S. Lewis (5)
19. North American fish similar to the herring (7)
21. American model/ actress who starred in the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon (6,7)
22. Bar placed across the poles of a permanent magnet when not in use (6) 23. Tree of tropical India and the East Indies whose aerial roots grow down into the soil (6)
DOWN
1. The idealised setting of Greek and Roman bucolic poetry (6) 2. Raymond
Chandler detective creation (6,7)
3. Long barrelled
firearm (5) 5. Balthazar, South African Prime Minister 1966-78 (7) 6. 1963 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion (5,8) 7. Band of white tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone (6) 8. Card game for four, a forerunner of bridge (5)
13. Headmaster in Dickens’s David Copperfield (7)
15. Southern African antelope, Pelea capreolus (6)
16. The Indo-European language of modern Iran (5)
17. Liam, actor who starred in Schindler’s List (6) 20. Miss Jong, author of
Fear of Flying (5)