General Knowledge Crossword WORD WISE

ACROSS

1. American playwright who authored The Sunshine Boys (4,5) 8. — Khan is the hereditary title of the head of the Ismaili Islamic sect (3) 9. 1970 world Formula One motor racing champion (6,5)

11. Red wine and fruit-based Spanish drink (7)

12. Tawny brown North

American thrush (5) 13. Black Sea port in

Ukraine (6)

15. ‘— Tiger’, 1934 novel by Howard Spring (6)

17. J. Paul, U.S. oil executive who died in 1976 (5)

18. ‘Don —’, novel by

Cervantes (7)

20. Island group in the South Pacific whose largest island is Rarotonga (4,7)

22. Former French coin of low denomination (3)

23. Prince Peter, Russian anarchist who died in 1921 (9)

DOWN

2. Umberto, author of Foucault’s Pendulum (3) 3. Albert, German architect and Nazi government official who died in 1981 (5) 4. Sir Henry, 17th century Welsh buccaneer who raided colonies in the West Indies (6) 5. Ancient capital of

Assyria (7) 6. Detective creation of G.K. Chesterton (6,5) 7. 1988 U.S. Masters

golf champion (5,4) 10. American state whose capital is Hartford (11)

11. ‘The —’, 1941 novel

by Paul Gallico (4,5) 14. Moneylender in Shakespeare’s

The Merchant of Venice (7)

16. Corazon, president of the Philippines 1986-92 (6)

19. Dome-shpaed house built of solid snow (5)

21. Mr. Rees, 1950 and 1962 Dunlop Masters golf champion (3)

The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

LEGUME

A B C

Lawfully begotten

One skilled in ancient law Vegetable used as food

CONGREVE

A

B C

Joint expression of sorrow

Kind of friction match A tribal meeting