General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Puccini opera set in a Tuscan convent (4,8) 7. European food fish similar to the turbot (5) 8. Statue of a nude human trunk, especially without the head or limbs (5) 9. The — Service, novel by Alan Garner (3) 10. Musical piece containing several popular tunes put together in unusual fashion (9) 11. Attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household (6) 12. City in Switzerland, former HQ of the League of Nations (6) 15. Mexican dish of fried tortilla filled with meat and served with chilli sauce (9) 17. Nickname of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (3) 18. A main division of a

long poem (5) 19. Gustav, English composer of The Planets suite (5) 21. Water mass linked with the Black Sea by the Bosporus (3,2,7)

DOWN

1. Uncle of Olivia in Twelfth Night who plays tricks on Malvolio (3,4,5) 2. Muhammad, boxer originally called Cassius Clay (3) 3. British unit of capacity equal to 4.55 litres (6) 4. Babysitter to Carole King and Gerry Goffin who had a 1962 hit with The Loco-Motion (6,3) 5. Evergreen tree whose edible pods are used for animal fodder (5) 6. Continent which includes the countries of Chile and Peru (5,7) 7. — Baggins, character in The Hobbit (5) 10. Bell-ringer in the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (9) 13. T.S., poet who authored the verse play Murder in the Cathedral (5) 14. Unit of length equal to six feet used to measure depths of water (6) 16. Hard crayon used by artists often coloured a reddishbrown (5) 20. Large bronze musical horn found in Danish peat bogs (3)

WORD WISE

The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

AQUARELLE

A B

C

Type of sea anemone Method of etching on copper Water-colour painting

BROOK

A

B C

A weed that grows in ditches To endure An ornamental clasp