General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Hieronymus, painter whose works include The Garden of Earthly Delights (5)

4. Pablo, painter of Guernica (7)

8. In Greek legend, lover of Hero (7)

9. Gem found on the inner surface of the shell of an oyster (5)

10. Longer of the two bones of the human forearm (4)

11. Boxer who leads with his right hand (8)

13. A --- tide is either of the two that occur at the first or last quarter of the

moon (4)

14. Large jug or pitcher with a wide

mouth (4)

16. Mary, first female president of

Ireland (8)

17. Pen name of writer Hector Hugh

Munro (4)

20. Seaport in South Korea (5)

21. Baby in the Popeye comic strip (7)

22. Province of N. Spain whose capital is

Pamplona (7)

23. ‘The Black ---’, novel by Walter Scott (5)

DOWN

1. Novel concerned with the psychological and emotional development of its protagonist (13)

2. See 4 Down

3. Alter ego of Jekyll in a story by R.L. Stevenson (4)

4 & 2D Capital of

Trinidad (4,2,5)

5. Seaport of Table Bay, South

Africa (4,4)

6. Large sharp-toothed food fish of the family Lutjanidae (7)

7. 1968 novel by Len Deighton (4,4,1,4)

12. Adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp (4,4)

13. Vladimir, author of Lolita (7)

15. Light, creamy dessert made with eggs and cream (6)

18. First letter in the Greek alphabet (5)

19. Bluish-white metallic element, symbol: Pb (4)