GK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

1985 novel by James Herbert (4)

3 Self-contained research laboratory developed by the European Space Agency (8)

8 Mr. Armstrong, first man on

the moon (4)

9 American state known as the

‘Cornhusker State’ (8)

11 1933 John Steinbeck novel

set in California (8,4)

13 Number system having a

base of two (6)

14 Convex membrane that forms the anterior covering of the eyeball (6)

17 American actor whose films include Taxi Driver and The Piano (6,6)

20 Johann, German dramatist and poet whose plays include The Robbers (8)

21 James M., author of Double

Indemnity (4)

22 In the US, a police officer

ranking below a captain (8) 23 ‘Desire Under the ---’, play by

Eugene O’Neill (4)

DOWN

1 Canadian province whose

capital is Winnipeg (8)

2 15th letter in the Greek

alphabet (7)

4 Spanish rice dish with shellfish, vegetables and chicken (6)

5 Plant of the composite family with blue, purple, pink or white flowers (10)

6 --- fever is a serious viral disease of Central West Africa (5)

7 An uncastrated male pig (4) 10 Capital of Gabon (10)

12 Deeply eroded barren region of S.W. Dakota and N. W. Nebraska (3,5)

15 Team game similar to basketball played by women (7)

16 Winged heraldic beast with a serpent’s tail and a dragon’s head (6)

18 Biblical tribe which occupied fertile land along the coastal plane of Mount Carmel (5)

19 Ancient Egyptian fertility

goddess (4)