General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. Spice made from the dried aril round the nutmeg seed (4)

3. Dostoevsky novel featuring Prince Myshkin (3,5)

8. Jimmy, singer/actor who appeared in the film Evita (4)

9. Harold, 1924 Olympic 100m champion (8)

11. 1963 novel by John Fowles (3,9)

13. Front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen (6)

14. Laurence, author of Tristram Shandy (6)

17. 1987 Tour de

France cycling champion (7,5)

20. Terrestrial reptile of the family Testudinidae (8)

21. The Red Planet (4)

22. Joe, actor whose films include David Mamet’s Homicide and House of

Games (8)

23. ‘East of ---’, novel by John Steinbeck (4)

DOWN

1. Canadian province whose capital is Winnipeg (8)

2. ‘--- Puzzle’, novel by Rumer Godden (7)

4. Edwin, American astronomer whose work led to the discovery that the universe is expanding (6)

5. Russian-born violinist who played in a chamber music trio with Istomin and Rose (5,5)

6. “My Own Private ---’, 1991 film with River Phoenix (5)

7. Russian news agency founded in 1925 (4)

10. Type of tuba made in a shape circling the player’s body (10)

12. Oscar, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (8)

15. King of England 1189-99 (7)

16. Jim, puppeteer, associated with ‘The Muppets’ (6)

18. Italian city, capital of Piedmont region (5)

19. The smallest quantity of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction (4)