GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. English county whose administrative centre is Chichester (4,6) 7. Addictive narcotic drug extracted from the seed capsules of the plant Papaver somniferum (5) 8. Thieving birds with black and white plumage (7) 10. Plant, Beta vulgaris, whose dark red root is eaten in salads (8) 11. Soft white cheese similar to Camembert (4) 13. Administrative centre of Devon in England (6) 15. Capital of

Albania (6) 17. In Greek mythology,

the god of war (4) 18. 1834 novel by Harrison Ainsworth featuring Dick Turpin (8) 21. Former province of south-west Japan famous for its porcelain (7) 22. Raul, actor who played Gomez in the 1991 film The Addams Family (5) 23. English city, seat of the University of Kent (10)

DOWN

1. Jimmy, 1980 world amateur snooker champion (5) 2. English county whose administrative centre is Taunton (8) 3. Biblical character whose mistress was Delilah (6) 4. Plant whose greygreen leaves are used in cooking for flavouring (4) 5. Country which includes the Dahlak Islands in the Red Sea (7) 6. Stringed instrument of the violin family (6,4) 9. National park in Virginia established in 1935 to protect part of the Blue Ridge Mountains (10) 12. Mammal aka the

honey bear (8) 14. In Greek myth, daughter of Agamemnon, sister to Orestes (7) 16. Long soft hair of

the Angora goat (6) 19. Birthplace of cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (5) 20. William Holman __, English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (4)