General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. See 14 Across

8. ‘---, Pet Detective’, comedy film starring Jim Carrey (3,7)

9. Roald, first man to reach the South

Pole (8)

10. ‘The Rape of the

---’, poem by Alexander Pope (4)

12. ‘--- and Cleopatra’, play by William Shakespeare (6)

14 & 1A Corrosive liquid formerly named aqua fortis (6,4)

15. Percy, England Test cricketer who scored a century in 1920 in 35 minutes (6)

17. Whisky distilled from fermented malted barley (6)

18. Raymond, Canadian actor whose t.v. roles included Perry Mason (4)

19. Agatha, author of the play The Mousetrap (8)

21. Second Sunday before Lent (10)

22. ‘--- Souls’, novel by Gogol (4)

DOWN

2. Georges, prime minister of France 1917-20 (10)

3. ‘The --- Curse’, novel by Dashiell Hammett (4)

4. River which enters the Irish Sea by an estuary at Liverpool (6)

5. Brian, Belfast-born teacher kidnapped by the Islamic Dawn Organisation in

1986 (6)

6. Small dagger with a slender tapered blade (8)

7. Mungo, Scottish explorer who drowned in 1806 (4)

11. Small rodent of South America bred for its grey fur (10)

13. City in Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum (8)

16. Mediterranean plant, Eruca sativa, whose leaves are used in salads (6)

17. Ancient city, capital of Lydia (6)

18. Lowest adult male voice (4)

20. Herring-like food fish of the genus Alosa (4)