GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

Arthur, Polish-born pianist who became a naturalised American in 1946 (10)

7 Boardgame at which José Capablanca was a world champion (5)

8 “The ---”, 1963 Joseph Losey

film with Dirk Bogarde (7)

10 1978 world individual

speedway champion (3,5)

11 & 16 Down 1970 Ngaio Marsh tale featuring Inspector Alleyn (4,2,4)

13 Any animal or plant that is

deficient in pigment (6)

15 Black African township in N.E.

South Africa (6)

17 Thomas, composer of the

song Rule, Britannia! (4)

18 One-wheeled vehicle used in

a circus (8)

21 Governor of Messina in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (7)

22 Piece of music composed for

eight singers (5)

23 In European history, the period from the end of classical antiquity to the Italian Renaissance (6,4)

DOWN

1 Dermot, cricket player who captained Warwickshire to two county championship wins (5)

2 Line at each end of a tennis court that marks the limit of play (8)

3 Gamal Abdel, president of

Egypt 1956-70 (6)

4 Peter, late bass guitarist and singer with the pop group ‘The Monkees’ (4)

5 1819 Walter Scott novel (7)

6 William, Scottish doggerel

writer who died in 1902 (10)

9 16c Italian painter of the

Venetian school (10)

12 Lapsang ---, large-leafed variety of China tea with a smoky flavour (8)

14 American rock music group whose hit albums include New Jersey (3,4)

16 See 11 Across

19 Phoebe, American actress who appeared in the 1984 film Gremlins (5)

20 Standard unit of currency in

South Africa (4)