GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Birminghamborn opening batsman who played 50 Tests for England from 1966-77 (6,5) 9. Long-eared mammal of the horse family (3) 10. Gyles, former Conservative MP for Chester (9) 11. Mr Gerulaitas, December 1977 Australian men’s singles tennis champion (5) 13. Great ---, iron steamship designed by Brunel which made her maiden voyage to New York in 1845 (7) 14. Fortified wine, from the Jerez region of Spain (6) 16. _ Stadium, New York City stadium used primarily for baseball (6) 18. The principal

bullfighter (7) 19. Evergreen Mediterranean tree with compound leaves and edible pods (5) 20. White Russian prince who won four Rugby Union caps for England (9) 21. Roman god personifying the sun (3) 22. Director of the film Star Wars (6,5)

DOWN

2. Ernie, golfer who won the 1995 South Africa Bell’s Cup (3) 3. Les _, group of French artists including Bonnard and Vuillard (5) 4. ‘_ Tiger’, 1934 novel by Howard Spring set in Manchester (6) 5. Group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic west of Morocco (7) 6. 1976 French women’s singles tennis champion (3,6) 7. The full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox (7,4) 8. Ian Fleming novel

filmed in 1965 (11) 12. Another name for the card game pontoon (6-3) 15. Large mammal, Cervus elaphus (3,4) 17. Marine percoid fish with thick lips and strong teeth (6) 19. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver (5) 21. Type of West Indian pop music of the 1960’s (3)