General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

6. Hector, composer of the opera Les Troyens (7)

7. Hickory tree of the southern US which bears a smooth oval nut (5)

9. Annual climbing plant, Pisum

Sativum (3)

10. ‘The ---’, 1941 novel by Rex Warner (9)

12. Henryk, author of Quo Vadis? (11)

15. US boxer, world heavyweight champion 190815 (4,7)

17. Plant native to southern Africa also called the belladonna lily (9)

19. Trygve, first secretary-general of the United

Nations (3)

21. Soft juicy fruit of the tree Prunus Persica (5)

22. Heinrich, Nazi leader who headed the Gestapo 1936-45 (7)

DOWN

1. Shimon, Israeli prime minister 198486 (5)

2. Tree of the genus Ulmus (3)

3. Anthony, author of Rupert of

Hentzau (4)

4. English conductor who founded the London Promenade Concerts (5,4)

5. A member of a Mongoloid people of Buddhist tradition who migrated from N.E. China in the 17th century (7)

8. The --- Islands are a group which include Corfu and Zante (6)

11. Strip cartoon by Chester Gould (4,5)

13. Ribbon-like strip of pasta often served in soup (6)

14. Sweet type of Madeira wine (7)

16. River which flows through Rome (5)

18. Coloured muscular diaphragm that surrounds the pupil (4)

20. Large flightless Australian bird (3)