General Knowledge Crossword

7. ‘The ---’, 1988 book by Salman Rushdie (7,6)

8. ‘The ---’, 1920 play by John Galsworthy (4,4) 9. Sammy, baseball player with the Chicago Cubs who hit 179 home runs in three seasons (4)

10. Johannes, 19th century German composer of the 1881 choral work Nänie (6)

12. US state whose

capital is Salem (6) 14. Lisa, author of the 1976 novel Kinflicks (6)

16 and 18. 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4,2,4)

18. See 16

20. Rocky, former world heavyweight boxing champion nicknamed

‘The Brockton Bomber’ (8)

22. 1895 novel by

Joseph Conrad (8,5) 1. Spiny-finned food fish, Scomber scombrus (8)

2. John, actor whose films include The Mummy (6)

3. A --- monster, Heloderma suspectum, is a large desert lizard (4) 4. Winter sports resort

in Scotland (8) 5. Marine fish having thick lips and a bright coloration (6) 6. Supreme god of the

ancient Greeks (4) 11. Joe, singer-actor whose films include Mystery Train (8)

13. Daniel, Irish nationalist leader who died in 1847 (8) 15. Richard, hero of The

Thirty-Nine Steps (6) 17. Former name until 1976 of the Vietnamese city Ho Chi Minh City (6)

19. Bob, US Republican senator who sought nomination for the presidency in 1980 and 1988 (4)

21. Diana, singer who was a member of The Supremes (4)