GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. WH, British-born poet (5) 4. Either of the two principal arteries that supply blood to the head and neck (7)

8. Economic union formed by Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (7)

9. Old World monkey of W Africa related to the mandrill (5) 10. Carol, director of TheThird Man (4) 11. A thin Mexican pancake made from corn meal (8) 13. Small duck, such as Anas crecca (4)

14. Small metal bar set across the finger board of a guitar (4)

16. The --- Lake, in W Canada, Manitoba and Saskatchewan (8) 17. --- Vale, coal and iron town in Wales (4) 20. British tribe that rebelled against the Romans in 61 AD (5) 21. Forename of British naval commander Nelson (7) 22. Thomas, English financier; founded the Royal Exchange in London in 1568 (7) 23. --- Island, island in Upper New York Bay (5)

DOWN

1. 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) 2. John, English metaphysical poet who died in 1631 (5) 3. African river, longest in the world (4) 4. William, English printer who established the first printing press in England in 1477 (6) 5. European songbird of the genus Phoenicurus of the thrush family (8)

6. In music, a group of three notes played in a time value of two, four etc. (7)

7. 1993 American Football Superbowl winners (6,7) 12. Hawaii was formerly known as the --- Islands (8) 13. Galley with three banks of oars on each side (7) 15. Henry, British prime minister 1743-54 (6) 18. Asian climbing plant, the leaves and nut of which are chewed by the peoples of SE Asia (5) 19. Thomas, English composer of the song Rule, Britannia (4)