General Knowledge Crossword

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4. Large fast sailing vessel of the 12th to 15th centuries (7) 8. Autonomous region of N.E. Spain which was an independent kingdom until

1479 (6)

9. Charles, author of the novel Hard Times (7)

10. Anne of ---, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England (6)

11. Wayne, W. Indies cricketer who took 5 for 39 against India in 1983-84 (6)

12. Kind of mushroom used in oriental cookery (8)

18. A mixture of sautéed root vegetables used as a base for braising meat (8)

20. Industrial city in central Japan on Ise Bay (6)

21. Paul, 1964 Olympic men’s 50km walk silver medal winner (6)

22. In Greek mythology, the goddess of agricultural fertility (7)

23. One of the ten units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion (6)

24. Angela, Best Actress Oscar nominee for What’s Love Got to Do With It? (7)

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1. See 2

2 & 1D 1932 novel by Dorothy L.

Sayers (4,3,7)

3. Lyle, singer and actor whose albums include I Love Everybody (6) 5. Large mammal, Rangifer tarandus, having large branched antlers (8) 6. River which forms the border between Laos and Myanmar (6) 7. Fridtjof, Norwegian arctic explorer who died in 1930 (6)

13. A work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century (8)

14. Berthe, French impressionist painter whose works include 1888’s La Lecture (7)

15. Aquatic salamander such as the Mexican ---, Ambystoma mexicanum (7)

16. Lech, president of

Poland 1990-95 (6) 17. G.S., West Indies cricketer who hit 8032 runs in 93

Tests (6)

19. Thomas Alva, US inventor of the phonograph (6)