GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. 1944 film melodrama based on a play by Patrick Hamilton (8) 5. Calling system at bridge, popular in Britain, which developed from the old Culbertson and Lederer systems (4) 9. “Animal ---”, novel by

George Orwell (4)

10. “--- City”, 1980 Burt Lancaster film by

Louis Malle (8)

11. Principality in the United Kingdom whose capital is

Cardiff (5)

12. Crossbred hunting dog, usually a greyhound cross with a collie (7)

13. Richard Gordon novel filmed in 1957 with

Dirk Bogarde (6,2,5) 18. Any of various crabs of the tropical family Gecarcinidae that are adapted to a partially terrestrial life (4,4)

19. The imperial dynasty of China from 618-907 A.D. (4)

20. Italian composer of the opera The Barber of Seville (7)

21. Al, winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1987 at the age of 47 years 11 months (5)

22. Mr. Penn, Oscar nominee for his role in the film Dead Man Walking (4)

23. Surname of American tennis star nicknamed ‘Little Mo’ (8)

DOWN

2. A member of a Native North American people of the

Plains now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming (7) 3. Christopher, actor who played Tarzan in the 1984 film Greystoke (7)

4. 1966 film version of Feydeau’s L’Hôtel du libre échange (5,8) 6. “The --- in the Rye”, novel by J.D.

Salinger (7)

7. Another name for

alfalfa (7)

8. Stan, British comedian who partnered Oliver Hardy (6)

13. Miss Del Rio, Mexican actress who appeared with Henry Fonda in the 1947 film The Fugitive (7)

14. Card game for two to six players who amass points by declaring sets of cards (7)

15. Plant whose varieties include the bee ---, frog --- and spider --- (6)

16. Name of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (7) 17. Sally, 1992 Olympic women’s 400m hurdles champion (7)