General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Instrumental piece in the middle of an opera (10)

7. Colourless gas formed by an electric discharge in oxygen (5)

8. Jackson,

U.S. abstract expressionist who died in 1956 (7)

10. Daphne du Maurier story filmed in 1963 by Alfred Hitchcock (3,5)

11. Capital of West Germany 1949 to 1990 (4)

13. Michael, director of the film The Deer Hunter (6)

15. Doctor ---, alter ego of Mr. Hyde in a story by Robert Louis Stevenson (6)

17. See 1 Dn. (4)

18. Spanish cold soup made from tomatoes and peppers (8)

21. John, English composer of orchestral work A London Overture (7)

22. Capital of Morocco (5)

23. Ronald Harwood play loosely based on his experiences with actor/manager Donald Wolfit (3,7)

DOWN

1 and 17 Ac. American situation comedy which featured the Ricardo and Mertz families (1,4,4)

2. 1993 film which won Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin Oscars (3,5)

3. Cedar ---, city in Iowa, U.S.A. (6)

4. --- Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason (4)

5. The study of animals (7)

6. Sandro, Italian painter whose works include The Birth of Venus (10)

9. 1821 novel by Walter Scott (10)

12. “The Wreck of the ---”, poem by Longfellow (8)

14. King of Scotland 1040-57 (7)

16. The Roman

--- is a firework that produces a continuous shower of sparks (6)

19. Section of a tree trunk thrown in Highland games competitions (5)

20. Edwin, American inventor of the Polaroid camera (4)