General Knowledge Crossword

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1 and 18 Dn. Popular name for the Strategic Defense Initiative of the US (4,4)

8. ‘The ---’, 1955 novel by William Golding (10)

9. 1854 battle of the Crimean War (8)

10. Archie, character in Osborne’s play The Entertainer (4)

12. Any of the 23 political divisions of Switzerland (6)

14. 1846 oratorio by Mendelssohn (6)

15. Religious retreat where a Hindu holy man lives (6)

17. Friedrich, collaborator with Marx on

The Communist Manifesto (6)

18. Christopher, architect of London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral (4)

19. International humanitarian organisation established by the Geneva Convention (3,5)

21. Another name for vitamin B2 (10)

22. Standard unit of currency of Vietnam (4)

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2. Minstrel in an 1845 opera by Wagner (10)

3. ‘The --- of the Ancient Mariner’, poem by Coleridge (4)

4. 1950 film which marked the screen debut of Marlon Brando (3,3)

5. Anatole, French winner of the 1921 Nobel prize for literature (6)

6. Passerine songbird with a blackish plumage and a short tail (8)

7. Arthur, 1975 Wimbledon singles tennis champion (4)

11. State capital of West Virginia (10)

13. Puccini opera based on a play by Gozzi (8)

16. Evergreen shrub with pink or white flowers and blueblack berries (6)

17. Plant whose curly leaves are used in salads (6)

18. See 1 Ac.

20. Standard monetary unit of South Africa (4)