GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 & 9Ac. Female Director of the half of the film Dead Man

Walking (3,7)

Olympic Pairs

Language of group figure skating of dialects in champions N Central India (5)

1972-80 (5,7) African republic

Brian, retired which became

independent in

Denmark

1960 (4) and Rangers Brightest star in footballer (7) the constellation

9. See 7 Across Aquila (6)

10. --- Rock, Second period monolith in of the Mesozoic

era during which the Northern

dinosaurs

Territory of flourished (8)

Australia (5) King of Lydia 560546

12. State capital of BC known for

Pennsylvania (10) his great wealth (7)

“The ---”, 1890

15. 1892 opera by

Sherlock Holmes

Leoncavallo (1,9) tale (4,2,4)

18. African Ocean which republic whose houses cities include Bermuda (8)

Omdurman and --- Page, British

aircraft firm

Wadi Medani (5)

which made the

Dom, Maltese Halifax bomber (7) prime minister County in

1955-8 (7) Northern

Ian, creator of the Ireland (6) popular fictional Shrub whose

fruit was secret agent thought, by the

James Bond (7) ancient Greeks,

Republic in the to produce a

Pacific, 8 square state of dreamy miles in area, forgetfulness (5)

The ---, one of whose economy

the three ships depends on commanded by the export of Columbus in phosphate rock (5) 1492 (4)

Each number from 1 to 9 represents a different letter. Solve the clues and insert the letters in the appropriate squares to discover a word which uses all nine letters. 8. 19. 21. 22.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 11. 13. 14. 16. 17. 20.

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The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

Carved Rounded stones Coward

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Type of trifle Hurtful Wholesale drowning

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