GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7. Emil, German painter famous for his Expressionist style who died in 1956 (5) 8. The ---, grove near Athens where Plato taught in the 4c B.C. (7)

9. Wilfred, American boxer who won the WBA light welterweight title in 1976 at the age of 17 years 173 days (7)

10. 1965 novel by Arthur

Hailey (5)

12. Highly communicable viral disease most commonly affecting children (10)

15. England Test cricketer born in Durban in

1963 (5,5)

18 & 2 Down Tasmanianborn actor whose first American film was 1935’s Captain Blood (5,5)

19. Rudy, 1980 world men’s singles badminton champion (7)

21. Passerine songbird such as Hirundo rustica (7)

22. Old World coniferous

tree (5)

DOWN

1. Stick with a round knob at the end used by South African tribesmen (10)

2. See 18 Ac.

3. Arthur, character in The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the

Galaxy (4)

4. Honoré, French author

of Eugénie Grandet (6) 5. Capital city of

Uzbekistan (8)

6. Secret state police in

Nazi Germany (7)

11. European monarchy between France, Belgium and

Germany (10)

13. State capital of

Hawaii (8)

14. The --- Peninsula consists of Spain and Portugal (7)

16. In ice skating, a half turn from either edge of either skate to the corresponding edge of the other skate (6)

17. --- Meir, Israeli Prime

Minister 1969-74 (5) 20. Tim, lyricist who worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber on

Evita (4)