General Knowledge Crossword
ACROSS
1. Skirt or coat reaching to below the knee or midcalf (4)
3. ‘The ---’, 1950 film starring Jack Warner as P.C. George
Dixon (4,4)
8. Tim, lyricist of the musical Evita (4)
9. Father of Miranda in the Shakespeare play The Tempest (8)
11. 1975 novel by Joseph Wambaugh (3,9)
13. Hernando, Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi (2,4)
14. Roman goddess of the dawn (6)
17. 1937 book by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3)
20. Italian dessert made with sponge soaked in coffee and Marsala (8)
21. Paul, Swiss artist whose works include The March to the Summit (4) 22 & 7D ‘The ---’, 1975 film starring Paul Newman (8,4)
23. 2000 film starring
Ian Hart and Megan Burns (4)
DOWN
1. Rider who won the 1994 and 1996 Badminton Horse Trials (4,4)
2 & 15D ‘The ---’, play by John Webster published in
1623 (7,2,5)
4. Philip, author of the verse collection The Whitsun Weddings (6)
5. Town and seaside resort in East Sussex, England (10)
6. Tex, film cartoon director who created Daffy Duck (5)
7. See 22 Across
10. 1934 novel by Dashiell
Hammett (3,4,3)
12. German inland port at the confluence of the Rivers Neckar and Rhine (8)
15. See 2 Down
16. E.F., British author of the 1920 novel Queen Lucia (6)
18. 1996 film by
Joel Coen starring Frances McDormand (5)
19. ‘The ---’, 1970 novel by Jackie Collins (4)