General Knowledge Crossword

1. Volcano in central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City (12) 7. Orchestra in Manchester, England, founded in 1858 (5)

8. Indian musical instrument consisting of a pair of drums of variable pitch (5)

9. ‘A Day in the Death of Joe ---’, play by Peter Nichols (3)

10. European sea which separates Poland from Sweden (6,3) 11. Willie, singer/ songwriter whose works include Funny How Time Slips Away (6)

12. Catherine, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (6)

15. --- Island is a large coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean discovered by Cook in 1777 (9)

17. 14th century Japanese form of historical drama (3) 18. Miss Jong, author of

Fear of Flying (5)

19. Nocturnal slowmoving primate of S. Asia (5)

21. ‘The ---’, 1728 musical work by Gay and Pepusch (7,5) 1. Slightly sour black bread originating in Germany (12)

2. 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty (3)

3 & 6D Ernest Hemingway novel set in

Cuba (3,3,3,3,3,3) 4. Pig’s trotters, especially when used as food (9) 5. Virgil, character in the novel In the Heat of the Night (5) 6. See 3 Down 7. Georg, German philosopher who died in 1831 (5)

10. Large green venomous snake of southern Africa (9) 13. ‘The Eve of St. ---’,

poem by Keats (5) 14. Eric, author of The

Dark Frontier (6)

16. European river which flows through Lake Constance (5) 20. 17th letter in the

Greek alphabet (3) 1 2 3 4 5