Quiz Crossword

ACROSS

8 Which is the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber? (5,2,7)

9 What was the first name of Kojak, as played by Telly Savalas on TV? (4)

10 What is the nautical term meaning ‘near or towards the stern of a boat’? (3)

11 What is a long, jagged mountain chain, especially in Spain? (6)

13 Which Latin term means ‘from the beginning’? (2,6)

14 What is the stage name of musician Gordon

Sumner? (5)

16 What is the surname of

Alan, author of The History Boys? (7)

17 What sort of animal is a snake, lizard or crocodile? (7) 21 What word describes a cinema or wedding attendant? (5)

23 Which American squirrel-like animals have ringed tails? (8) 25 What reaping tool is associated with Old Father Time? (6)

27 In which body part is the conjunctiva located? (3)

28 What are the fleshy parts around the mouth called? (4) 29 What is a mixture of loam, peat, sand and nutrients? (7,7)

DOWN

1 In which Greater Manchester town was the Co-operative movement born? (8) 2 Someone from Tallinn has which nationality? (8)

3 What name is given to supporters of the monarchy? (9)

4 What is the familiar name of the dog featured in the game Monopoly? (7) 5 Which religious sect featured in the 1985 film Witness? (5)

6 What name is given to a gnawing mammal such as a rat or mouse? (6)

7 What was the title of the Russian emperor? (4) 12 What was the surname of Police Woman actress Ms Dickinson? (5)

15 Which breed of heavy carthorse is from northern France? (9)

16 What style of music was played by John

Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters? (5)

18 What was the surname of the author of the Barchester novels? (8)

19 Which military bugle call is played at the end of the day and during services of remembrance? (4,4) 20 Which Russian goldsmith was famous for his jewelled Easter eggs? (7) 22 What term describes the effects and affairs of the deceased? (6)

24 Which major figure of Russian history was born in Ulyanovsk on the Volga? (5)

26 What was the surname of the Daily Mirror cartoon couple Flo and Andy? (4)