General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Nocturnal mammal such as Meles meles (6)

4. Australian airline

founded in 1920 (6) 9. Site of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (8,5)

10. Japanese art of paper folding (7)

11. David, New Zealand prime minister 198489 (5)

12. The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (5)

14. City in France in the Saône valley which is a centre of wineproduction (5)

18. 1966 film for which Michael Caine was a Best Actor Oscar nominee (5)

19. The leader of the rebellion of the angels (7)

21. Author of the 1973

play Not I (6,7)

22. Mickey, baseball player who was MVP in the American League in 1956 and 1957 (6)

23. Michael, basketball player who was leading scorer in the NBA 1987-93 (6)

DOWN

1. Old World monkey with a long doglike muzzle (6)

2. Best Actor Oscar winner for Kramer vs. Kramer (6,7) 3. River in the Democratic

Republic of the Congo after which a severe infectious viral disease is named (5)

5. Plant of Europe and Asia also called lucerne (7)

6. 1973 novel by Joseph Wambaugh (3,5,5) 7. Capital of New South Wales, Australia (6)

8. In philately, a row of three or more joined postage stamps (5)

13. 1958 novel by Iris Murdoch (3,4)

15. Two-wheeled onehorse carriage with a fixed hood (6)

16. Theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London, first erected in 1599 (5)

17. Sea god in Greek mythology, a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite (6)

20. Small tropical evergreen tree from which chocolate is prepared (5)