GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 See 23.

4 Ball game of Spain, Franch

and Spanish America (6)

9 Play written by Harold

Brighouse (7,6)

10 Any of various brown seaweeds common below the low-water mark (7)

11 ‘Judge ---’, Sylvester Stallone film based on a comic book character (5)

12 South American republic whose chief port is Valparaiso (5)

14 Miss Wynette, country singer formerly married to George Jones (5)

18 Albrecht, German painter

and engraver (5)

19 Genus of plants which

includes love-in-a-mist (7)

21 1957 Elvis Presley film based on a story by Ned Young (9,4)

22 Humphrey, best Actor Oscar-winner for The African Queen (6)

23 & 1 Across President of the Palestine National Council (6,6)

DOWN

1 Frederick, British ballet dancer whose works include Facade (6)

2 Benjamin Britten opera after

a story by Maupassant (6,7) 3 Sun-dried brick used for

building (5)

5 Spine-covered mammal also

called the spiny anteater (7) 6 Gamekeeper in Lady

Chatterley’s Lover (6,7)

7 ‘The Icarus ---’, novel by

Robert Ludlum (6)

8 Something spoken by an actor on stage intended to be heard only by the audience (5)

13 Crossbred, hunting dog, usually a greyhound cross with a collie (7)

15 Manservant of Goldfinger in

Ian Fleming’s novel (6)

16 Pakistan river which rises in

Tibet (5)

17 Bonnie, criminal companion

of Clyde Barrow (6)

20 Miss Garbo, Swedish film

actress who died in 1990 (5)